Repairs and resoles shoes, boots, and leather goods.
You rip off a worn boot sole, stitch on a new one with a heavy machine, and polish the boots to look new.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus several months of on-the-job training at a shoe repair shop, then years of practice to master the craft.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Resoling and repairing shoes is small, hands-on bench work; demand is small but steady.
Age 16+. One way to start: Ask local shoe repair shops if they need a helper; most train new workers themselves
Classes: Art, Sewing or family consumer sciences.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-6041.
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