Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders:

Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

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Indiana Average Salary
Average Time to Fill 34 days
Typical Education High school equivalency
Typical Experience None
10 Year Projected Openings (2016-2026) 65
10 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2026) 0.00 %

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Essential (Soft) Skills

Essential Skills to Employers

Attention to Detail
Work Ethic
Information Gathering
Resource Allocation

Top Job Duties and Responsibilities

Handling and Moving Objects

Fabricate garments or textile products
Feed materials or products into or through equipment
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment
Load/unload material, products, or workpieces into or from machinery or equipment
Sew materials by hand
Fabricate goods from leather
Set-up production equipment or machinery
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment
Adjust industrial, manufacturing, or production equipment
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment
Cut fabric or leather material
Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly
Apply adhesives, caulking, or sealants


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Booster Skills & Certifications

Job Seekers possessing booster skills & certifications, such as those listed below, added to core skills are more marketable, harder to find and expensive to hire.

Hard to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be hard to fill. These skills and certifications make a job seeker more in demand because the skills are not widely available.

Expensive to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be expensive to fill. Job seekers with these skills and certifications are likely to earn more money.

Skill or Certification Certi - fication Hard to Fill Expensive to Fill
Driver's License
Quality Assurance and Control
Welding
Manual Dexterity
Schematic Diagrams
Wiring
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Occupational Health and Safety
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