Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• J - Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
• J1 - Machine Operators in Manufacturing
• J16 - Machine Operators and Related Workers in Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing

J163 - Hide and Pelt Processing Workers

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with trimming, scraping, cleaning, tanning, buffing and dyeing hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs.

• Example Titles

  • Beating-machine tender, hide and pelt processing
  • Colour matcher, leather tanneries
  • Colour mixer, leather tanneries
  • Dope mixer, leather tanneries
  • Leather buffer
  • Leather stretcher
  • Liquor mixer, leather tanneries
  • Pelt dresser
  • Pickler, hide and pelt
  • Shaving-machine tender, hide and pelt
  • Splitter, hide and pelt
  • Tanner, hide and pelt

• Exclusion

  • Foremen/women, hide and pelt processing (See J025 Supervisors, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing)