// Unit group · 8155

Fur and Leather Preparing Machine Operators

Fur and leather preparing machine operators monitor and operate 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.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 815 Textile, Fur and Leather Products Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsMachineryNoiseShift work

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating and monitoring machines which remove flesh and fat from hides or pelts to clean and soften them prior to processing

operating and monitoring machines which remove long coarse hair from fur pelts, trim hair to even length and dye, stretch and smooth dressed pelts

operating and monitoring machines to remove epidermis hair roots, pigment cells and lime salts from grain side of skin

operating and monitoring machines to reduce thickness of hide or skin to uniform size

operating and monitoring machines to polish or roughen hides or skins to specified finishes

operating and monitoring machines which separate residual wool from skins, or flesh and hair from hides

operating and monitoring machines in which hides are split edgeways to form two or more pieces or to give uniform thickness

operating and monitoring machines which treat hides and skins in solutions to convert them into leather

treating surface of leather with oil and operating glazing machine to give glossy finishes to leather

operating and monitoring machines which apply dyes and stains to leather

maintaining and repairing vats and other machinery

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Hide dehairing machine operator
- Leather staining machine operator
- Tanning machine operator

Excluded occupations

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

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