Re-sew seams, and replace handles and linings of suitcases or handbags.

“Re-sew seams, and replace handles and linings of suitcases or handbags.” is a supplemental task performed by Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers. Among the occupation's 27 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#20 most important). About 62% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Sew garments or materials. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare inserts, heel pads, and lifts from casts of customers' feet. · importance 4.8
• Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape. · importance 4.8
• Attach insoles to shoe lasts, affix shoe uppers, and apply heels and outsoles. · importance 4.5
• Clean and polish shoes. · importance 4.5
• Cement, nail, or sew soles and heels to shoes. · importance 4.5
• Check the texture, color, and strength of leather to ensure that it is adequate for a particular purpose. · importance 4.4
• Dye, soak, polish, paint, stamp, stitch, stain, buff, or engrave leather or other materials to obtain desired effects, decorations, or shapes. · importance 4.4
• Shape shoe heels with a knife, and sand them on a buffing wheel for smoothness. · importance 4.4
• Place shoes on lasts to remove soles and heels, using knives or pliers. · importance 4.4
• Repair or replace soles, heels, and other parts of footwear, using sewing, buffing and other shoe repair machines, materials, and equipment. · importance 4.4
• Cut, insert, position, and secure paddings, cushioning, or linings, using stitches or glue. · importance 4.4
• Cut out parts, following patterns or outlines, using knives, shears, scissors, or machine presses. · importance 4.3
• Construct, decorate, or repair leather products according to specifications, using sewing machines, needles and thread, leather lacing, glue, clamps, hand tools, or rivets. · importance 4.3
• Estimate the costs of requested products or services such as custom footwear or footwear repair, and receive payment from customers. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-14088,
  title  = {Re-sew seams, and replace handles and linings of suitcases or handbags.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-14088}
}