tanning technician
ISCO: 3119. Skills: 36. Essential: 30.
Essential skills
- apply footwear and leather goods quality control techniques
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- comply with legal regulations
- conduct beamhouse operations
- conduct leather finishing operations
- conduct post tanning operations
- conduct re-tanning operations
- design post tanning operations
- emission standards
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- functionalities of machinery
- hides, skins and leather products
- leather chemistry
- leather goods components
- leather products maintenance
- leather technology
- manage chemical testing procedures
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- manage tanning operations
- physico-chemical properties of crust leather
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- plan beamhouse operations
- plan fabric manufacturing process
- plan tanning finishing operations
- reduce tanning emissions
- tanning process
- test leather chemistry
- work with chemicals