Industry skills

Training Courses for the British Footwear Industry

Industry Skills

The BFA supports the UK footwear Industry to help members develop the skills to succeed now and in the future.

Through our partners, we are able to offer a wide scope of up-to-date and beneficial footwear-centric courses, dedicated in providing the vital training members may require .

From a basic shoe making or fitting course with chemical experts and our technical partner, Satra to leather training at BLC Eurofins, the BFA will find the course to suit your needs – keeping you equipped with the skills to stay competitive in an ever-changing global footwear market.

Training Courses from Carréducker

Online Handsewn Shoe Making

  • The definitive guide to handsewn shoe making, we’re bringing our 30+ combined years of handsewn shoe making and teaching experience online in a series of six films taking the viewer through every one of the 200+ steps of the handsewn craft and much, much more – Module 1: Preparation, Module 2: Lasting, Module 3: Welting, Module 4: Soling, Module 5: Heel Building, Module 6: Finishing
  • £85 per module / £450 for the series
  • Zoom support for £30 per hour
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Face-to-face Handsewn Shoe Making

  • Evening classes for students who want to learn to make their own shoes (it usually takes three terms of 10 weeks to complete a pair of shoes) in N1 and TW10; working with the materials and tools we use to make our bespoke shoes including Bakers of Colyton leather and calf uppers. 
  • One day hand lasting classes and five day hand lasting / hand welting classes by arrangement; working with the materials and tools we use to make our bespoke shoes including Bakers of Colyton leather and calf uppers. 
  • Tailored handsewn shoe making training for practising shoemakers, by arrangement.
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Pattern Making

  • Pattern making for bespoke shoes tailored to suit, from a one-day top-up to five days intensive; one-to-one or for up to three students in SW London.
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Training Courses from The Society of Shoe Fitters

Footwear & Fitting

  • A 5-module course covering
    • The Footwear Industry
    • Anatomy & the Lower Limbs (for shoe retail not podiatrists)
    • Vital Statistics of Shoes
    • Measurement, Gauges & the Tools of the Trade
    • Putting it all together – Fitting & Customer Care
  • You will have a dedicated tutor/mentor to assist throughout the course
  • There are two practical workshops which cover Timeline of Anatomical Development and Shoe Fitting and a factory visit.

The cost is £500 (no VAT)
Tax-payers can give the fee as Gift Aid
A discount applies for multiple courses booked at one time.

To book email info@shoefitters-uk.org or secretary@shoefitters-uk.org and the appropriate Application Forms will be emailed over. Alternatively click the link below to visit The Society of Shoefitters website and download the application form.

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Deluxe

  • The Deluxe Course offers one Footwear & Fitting course place, with the addition of appropriate foot gauges and an in-store training session for up to 5 members of staff (although we allow additional staff by prior arrangement).

The cost is £1,000
Additional Footwear & Fitting Courses can be purchased at the time of booking at £200 per person.

To book email info@shoefitters-uk.org or secretary@shoefitters-uk.org and the appropriate Application Forms will be emailed over. Alternatively click the link below to visit The Society of Shoefitters website and download the application form.

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