Search for new apprentices under way at Dr Martens
Footwear brand Dr Martens has launched its latest apprenticeship programme; candidates have until July 2 to apply to take part.
Successful applicants will work alongside the production team at the Dr Martens Cobbs Lane factory in Woolaston, near Northampton, to learn the footwear production process from start to finish.
As part of the course, candidates will learn about upper shoe production, including foot measurement, sizing, last types, pattern-cutting, clicking and closing. They will also learn about the history of footwear and the Dr Martens brand.
Upon completing the training successfully in 2022, candidates will receive a government-accredited qualification in footwear manufacturing and be offered a full-time position at Dr Martens, either in clicking, closing, lasting or in the shoe room.
The work in the clicking team is mainly operating the cutting presses to specified quality standards and creating the least amount of wastage possible of leather. Those who work in closing will use sewing machines to complete a Dr Martens upper.
In lasting, new recruits will learn the process of shaping the shoe around a last and attaching the sole to the brand’s famous yellow-stitched welt. Toe lasting, back part moulding, upper trimming side lasting, inseam trimming, welt sewing, heat sealing, edge trimming and last slipping are also part of this work.
It is in the shoe room that the team adds the final quality touches and where all footwear is cleaned and boxed ready for dispatch.
