Knowledge & Training
Knowledge & Training
Literature
Training Support
How Shoes are Made
Designed to help non-technical people to understand the basics of footwear and its manufacture. The detailed text and colourful illustrations simplify and explain the various parts of a shoe, the constructions used and the overall shoemaking process. Also included are sections on men's and women's styles and advice on taking care of footwear.
How to Fit Footwear
Designed to inform retail staff about the correct methods of fitting, How to Fit Footwear gives sales people greater confidence, ensuring a professional approach to customer service. Attractively illustrated, this booklet comprehensively covers sizing systems, foot measuring devices, basic foot anatomy, fitting techniques, common foot troubles and how lasts and materials affect fit.
Shoemaking step-by-step
An ideal induction training tool, this video explains the principles of the shoemaking processes. It is aimed at non-shoemaking personnel, such as shoe retail staff, to fill the knowledge gap.
Shoe Retailing step-by-step
An ideal induction training tool, this video covers fitting the foot, product care and customer complaints.
Footwear Knowledge - 2 parts Cutting & Stitching
CDs providing pure knowledge about the cutting and stitching process in footwear production - described in such a way as to be valuable to footwear technicians at all levels of experience.
Operative training - Welted Footwear
Five DVD set designed to assist supervisors train operatives in the key shoemaking operations - Rough Rounding, Pull-toe Lasting, Sole Stitching, Welt Sewing and Edge Trimming.
Operative training - Cement lasted Footwear
Four DVD set designed to assist supervisors train operatives in the key shoemaking operations - Manual Roughing, Forepart Lasting, Heel Attaching and Sole Attaching.
Footwear Lexicon
A CD dictionary of 2,000 widely-used footwear terms in eight languages, with definitions in English.