A professional who tends battery of automatic stitching machines that stitch decorative designs on shoe parts, according to instructions encoded on tape cassettes. Responsibilities include:

• Receives bundles of shoe parts with tags that identify instruction cassette and style and color of thread to be used in stitching shoe parts.
• Places specified spools of thread on spindle of each machine, draws thread through machine guides and needles, and inserts prewound bobbin in shuttle.
• Positions shoe parts, such as upper or vamp, on holding device of machines, and depresses machine clamps to secure parts on device for stitching.
• Selects and inserts specified cassette in console of stitching machine, and presses buttons to activate machines that automatically stitch design according to encoded instructions on cassette.
• Removes shoe parts and examines design to verify conformance to specification.