The Collar360

Hand lasting operator

Other names

hand laster, hand lasting craftsman, manual lasting operator, hand lasting technician

Clothing, textiles and leather

They use hand tools to pull the top part of a shoe over a shaped form and fix it with stitches or glue.

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The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

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    Attach insoles to shoe lasts, affix shoe uppers, and apply heels and outsoles.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
monteur à la main/monteuse à la main
español
montador de calzado a mano/montadora de calzado a mano
العربية
صانع قوالب الأحذية اليدوية / صانعة قوالب الأحذية اليدوية
português
Modelador manual de formas/Modeladora manual de formas
Deutsch
Schäftemacher/Schäftemacherin
italiano
montatore di calzature a mano/montatrice di calzature a mano

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