Job Description:

• 1) Sews shoe parts, such as heel ends, plugs, and quarters, to vamp or raises decorative stitches in backstay of casual shoes: Soaks skived or nonskived parts in water to soften them.

• 2) Positions lasted shoe on pin jack and pulls and tacks parts to last with lasting tool.

• 3) Punches stitch openings in parts with awl.

• 4) Inserts waxed thread through punched openings to join skived shoe parts to vamp or raise decorative stitching in backstay.

• 5) Removes tacks and shapes seam, using lasting tool.

• 6) May hold unskived shoe parts in hand and insert metal tipped lace through perforations to join parts to vamp.

• 7) Smooths and polishes seams, using rubbing stick.

• 8) May join parts of unlasted shoes, pulling needle and waxed thread through perforated stitch openings.