Leather production machine operators use the tannery machinery and programs according to specific requirements in order to meet the department's standards. They do routine maintenance of the machinery.

Tasks

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 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 surface of leather with oil and operating glazing machine 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