A professional who plans detailed instructions of operations in manufacture of newly designed shoes. Responsibilities include:

• Compiles manufacturing data from designer specifications, such as last to be used, size runs, ornamentation, saddle height, strap width, and color.
• Computes sizes of parts, such as inserts, linings, quarters, or vamps according to shoe size specifications or following $T3standard size system.
• $T1 Lists specifications, such as materials, stitching, and findings for each shoe size.
• May cut paper patterns of shoe design.
• May cut traced design into pattern of shoe parts.