Job description Tanner - Hide And Pelt Processing in the Capitale-Nationale Region
Find out what work is like for a tanner - hide and pelt processing in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers (NOC 94130).
Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
Description
Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers operate machines to prepare textile fibres; spin, wind or twist yarn or thread; and bleach, dye or finish yarn, thread, cloth or textile products. They are employed by textile manufacturing companies.
Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Textile fibre, yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators
- Operate and feed machines that wash, mix, blend, pick, card, lap, comb, draw or finish fibers, yarns, hides or pelts
- Operate spinning, twisting, winding or reeling machines
- Operate a variety of machines to clean, bleach, dye, coat or finish fabric, thread, yarn, hide, pelt and other textile products
- Mix dyes or chemicals according to established formulas
- Operate machinery to print designs onto textile products
- Oversee work area, examine products for defects and ensure adherence to quality standards
- Investigate machine stoppages and notify supervisor or mechanic in the event of equipment malfunction
- May set up machines and assist with maintenance and minor repairs to machinery.
- Textile, hide and pelt dyeing and finishing machine operators
- Set up machines for proper processing
- Operate machines to bleach, dye, coat and finish fabric, thread, other textile products, hide or pelt
- Operate machines to print designs onto textile products or hide
- Examine products for defects and ensure adherence to quality standards
- Mix dyes and chemicals according to established formulas
- Notify supervisors and mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 94130), and a list of similar occupations:
- autoclave tender - textile manufacturing
- bleaching range operator - textile manufacturing
- calender operator - textile manufacturing
- carding machine operator - textile manufacturing
- dyeing range operator - textile manufacturing
- fabric-printing machine operator
- finishing range operator - textile manufacturing
- leather buffer - hide and pelt processing
- leather stretcher - hide and pelt processing
- tanner - hide and pelt processing
- twisting operator - textile manufacturing
- yarn doubler - textile manufacturing
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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