Canvas and Leather Goods Makers

Key Tasks

• •Cutting and preparing canvas, leather and sailcloth to design specifications, patterns and drawings
• •Sewing, gluing and riveting sections of canvas together to make articles such as awnings, tents, tarpaulins and horse rugs
• •Attaching grommets, fastenings and other fittings to canvas goods
• •Joining parts of leather articles using rivets, hand sewing, sewing machines, tools and adhesive
• •Restoring and repairing leather articles
• •Fabricating sails
• •Designing patterns and prototypes of boots and shoes
• •Making and grading patterns using manual and computerised methods
• •Clicking synthetics, corrected grains, leather linings and leather outers by hand and machine
• •Altering and repairing footwear

Employment Projections to 2034