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Leather goods manual operator jobs in Finland

Leather goods manual operators handle tools to prepare the joint of the pieces in order to ready the pieces to be stitched or to close the already existing pieces stitched together in order to give shape to the leather good products.

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Leather goods manual operator – how much is the pay in Finland?

What the trade paid in 2024

Hourly earnings in Finland 2024 — occupation group 7536 Shoemakers and related workers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
Median15.71 €/h
Bottom tenth11.44 €/h
Top tenth22.42 €/h
Employees114

Pay by sex, 2024

Median hourly earnings by sex in Finland 2024 — occupation group 7536 Shoemakers and related workers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
SexMedianEmployees
Women14.96 €/h39
Men15.85 €/h75

Leather goods manual operator - Which skills are essential?

The processes, technology and machinery involved in the leather goods manufacturing.  

The various procedures and methods in the processing of leather materials and leather goods components like manufacturability and properties.  

The quality specifications of materials, processes, and final products, the most common defects in leather, quick tests procedures, laboratory tests procedures and standards, and the adequate equipment for quality checks. 

The wide range of materials used in leather goods production: leather, leather substitutes (synthetics or artificial materials), textile, etc; the way of distinguishing among various materials based on their properties, advantages and limitations.

Leather goods manual operator - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Apply quality control in footwear and leather goods. Analyse the material, component or model using relevant quality criteria. Compare the material and other components received from the suppliers, or the final product, to standards. Use visual observation and report findings. Control the quantity of leather in the warehouse. Submit components to laboratory control test when necessary. Define the corrective measures when called for.

Assess the environmental impact of footwear manufacture and minimise environmental risks. Reduce environmentally harmful work practices in different stages of the footwear manufacturing.

Follow written directions in order to perform a task or carry out a step-by-step procedure.

Set of principles based on which something is appealing and beautiful.

Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.

Explain technical details to non-technical customers, stakeholders, or any other interested parties in a clear and concise manner.

Follow production schedule taking into account all requirements, times and needs. This schedule outlines what individual commodities must be produced in each time period and encapsulates various concerns like production, staffing, inventory, etc. It is usually linked to manufacturing where the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. Utilise all the information in the actual implementation of the plan.

Application of computers, computer networks and other information technologies and equipment to storing, retrieving, transmitting and manipulating data, in the context of a business or enterprise.

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Sources

Wage data: Statistics Finland, wage structure statistics, table 15az, year 2024. Read 2.10.2026. Licence CC BY 4.0.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

How we calculated these figures