Micro-credential
Design of footwear components from waste
Part of pathway
FASHIONABLE ACCESSORIES
Part of module
Fashion footwear and footwear components
EQF level
EQF 4-7 (flexible)
ECVET credits
2 ECVET
Learning methods and duration
Lectures: 2 hours, exercises/laboratory works, individual study/project work: 45 hours, video experience: 2 hours, initial/final assessment: 1 hour.
Assessment methods
- Initial assessment: quiz
- Formative assessment: individual or group subject-specific activity
- Summative assessment: individual or group project, standardized test
General objective
The learner will be introduced to:
- Concepts of Sustainability and Circular Economy
- Material Processing and Conversion Techniques
- Footwear Component Design
Enrollment:
Start and end dates:
Responsible institution: Tomas Bata University in Zlín (Czech republic)
Contact:
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
After the completion of this module, learners will:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of material composition in footwear.
- Know the key principles and methodologies used to select the appropriate material for the production of a specific type of footwear.
- Identify the main components of footwear and types of footwear according to the technological parameters of their production.
Skills
After the completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Apply appropriate methods to analyze suitable material composition.
- Design and implement simple solutions or workflows to solve tasks related to footwear design.
- Use relevant tools, techniques, or procedures in shoe manufacturing.
Competences
After the completion of this module, learners will:
- Work independently and responsibly in solving tasks related to the design of suitable materials in shoe production.
- Collaborate effectively with others to plan, implement and evaluate activities related to the organization of footwear production.
- Communicate findings and justify proposed solutions in a technological context.
Course Content
Unit 1: Fundamentals of circular and sustainable design
- Circulation of products and materials
- Principles of Circular and Sustainable Design
Unit 2: Footwear components, shoemaking parts
- Upper parts
- Linning and inner parts
- Bottom parts
- Shoe classification
Unit 3: Classic materials for shoemaking
- Leather manufacturing and processing stages
- Leather classification
- Valorization of tannery waste
- Cellulose-based products and footwear boards
- Natural textile fibers
- Textile materials for shoe production
- Strategies for optimizing production in the textile and leather industries
- Circular approaches to footwear materials
Unit 4: Synthetic materials for shoe manufacturing
- Polymeric materials, biopolymers
- Thermoplastics and their uses
- Elastomers, rubbers
- Synthetic fibers
- Functional membranes
- Composite materials
- Plastic waste management and recycling
Unit 5: Footwear structural design
- General principles of footwear construction
- Basics of court shoe/pump pattern construction
- Construction of Oxford shoe patterns
- Derby pattern construction
- Other footwear pattern types
Unit 6 Footwear manufacturing processes
- Cutting processes in footwear manufacturing
- Manufacturing processes for footwear bottom components (insoles, midsoles, heels, soles)
- Upper manufacturing
- Lasting process
- Bottoming processes by construction method
Unit 7: Technical and economic preparation of production
- Technical design documentation
- Manufacturing process documentation
- Production planning, economic preparation
