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Your profession: Maker of orthopaedic footwear (m/f)

Professional activities

Makers of orthopaedic footwear produce individually adapted orthopaedic custom shoes and orthopaedic aids such as inserts or orthoses. They adapt ready-to-wear items according to doctors' prescriptions and work in the area of customer support.

Fields of work

Maker of orthopaedic footwear mostly work

  • in specialist orthopaedic footwear craft trade companies
  • in clinics and sanatoriums
  • for medical suppliers with an orthopaedic footwear department
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).