Who is a Fur and leather preparing machine operators?

Job Title ( International classification ):

Fur and leather preparing machine operators

ISCO Code:

8155

Job Description:

Fur and leather preparing machine operators operate and monitor various machines that prepare leather or treat fur- or wool-bearing pelts. They trim, scrape, clean, tan, buff and dye animal hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs.

Tasks:

Main Tasks include -

(a) operating and monitoring machines which remove flesh and fat from hides or pelts to clean and soften them prior to processing
(b) operating and monitoring machines which remove long coarse hair from fur pelts, trim hair to even length and dye, stretch and smooth dressed pelts
(c) operating and monitoring machines to remove epidermis hair roots, pigment cells and lime salts from grain side of skin
(d) operating and monitoring machines to reduce thickness of hide or skin to uniform size
(e) operating and monitoring machines to polish or roughen hides or skins to specified finish
(f) operating and monitoring machines which separate residual wool from skins, or flesh and hair from hides
(g) operating and monitoring machines in which hides are split edgeways to form two or more pieces or to give uniform thickness
(h) operating and monitoring machines which treat hides and skins in solutions to convert them into leather
(i) treating surface of leather with oil and operating glazing machine to give glossy finish to leather
(j) operating and monitoring machines which apply dyes and stains to leather (k) maintaining and repairing vats and other machinery

Inclusions:

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Dehairing/hide machine operator
- Staining/leather machine operator
- Tanning machine operator

Exclusions:

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Pelt dyer - 7535
- Tanner - 7535

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