ISCO-08 8155 to ESCO Occupations

About ISCO-08 8155

8155 Fur and Leather Preparing Machine OperatorsFur 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. 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 the 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 finishes; (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 surfaces of leather with oil and operating glazing machines to give glossy finishes to leather; (j) operating and monitoring machines which apply dyes and stains to leather; (k) maintaining and repairing vats and other machinery. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Hide dehairing machine operator - Leather staining machine operator - Tanning machine operator Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Pelt dresser - 7535 - Tanner - 7535.