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Overview
The work is centered on operating leather-production equipment, following work instructions, checking machine settings and carrying out routine maintenance when machinery needs basic care.
In job descriptions, look for tannery machines, leather technology, hides and skins, machine programs, maintenance routines, defect checks, production standards, safety routines and teamwork on the shop floor.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The workplace is usually a tannery or leather-processing production line. Operators load, run and watch machinery, follow program settings, react to changes in hides or skins and carry out routine maintenance.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes machine functions, leather technology, maintenance routines, defects on raw hides, workplace safety and quality monitoring through the production process.
Salary context
Pay context depends on machine complexity, shift work, responsibility for maintenance, speed of production, defect detection and whether the operator handles several stages of leather processing.
Career paths
Progression can lead to senior machine operator, line coordinator, maintenance support, quality control, process monitoring or specialist work with tanning, splitting, stretching, glazing or measuring machines.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the machine type, tannery process, materials handled, maintenance tasks, safety routines, quality checks and expected teamwork with technicians or supervisors.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include leather finishing operator, leather measuring operator and leather goods stitching machine operator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
51-6099.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
15Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials
Alternative labels
de-hairing machine operator
leather production worker
tanning machine operator
leather production machinist
leather production splitting machine operator
glazing machine operator
stretching machine operator
measuring leather machine operator
leather finishing operator
beamhouse machine operator
fleshing machine operator
splitting and sammying machine operator
sammying machine operator
spraying machine operator
staking machine operator
leather sorting machine operator
warehouse machine operator
shaving machine operator
de-salting machine operator
carding machine operator
beating machine tender
spray finishing machine operator
leather processing machine operator
icing machine operator
brushing machine operator
retanning machine operator
machine leather trimmer
hide machine operator
fur-shaving machine tender
Occupation group
Fur and leather preparing machine operators (8155)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3da8ee8c-ab60-4feb-ab5b-3ba31ef9ec1f |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8155.1 |
| ISCO group | 8155 |
| Concept type | Occupation |