ISCO-08-code:
8155
ISCO 08 Code 8155 Fur and leather preparing machine operators
Lead Statement
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.
Task statement
Tasks include:
- 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 finish;
- 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 finish 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:
- Machine-operator, dehairing/hide
- Machine-operator, staining/leather
- Machine-operator, tanning
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Dyer, pelt - 7535
- Tanner - 7535
Notes
(NCvB; Mei 2010)