leather finishing operator
ISCO: 8155. Skills: 24. Essential: 11.
Essential skills
Supporting skills
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- create solutions to problems
- differentiate nuance of colours
- functionalities of machinery
- health and safety in the workplace
- identify defects on raw hides
- leather chemistry
- leather technology
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- monitor operations in the leather industry
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- test leather chemistry