Occupation Atlasleather finishing operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7d99ed04-fda7-4f35-9f02-0db18078159c
leather finishing operator
Leather finishing operators use machines for finishing leather according to the required specifications for surface characteristics, as provided by the client. Surface characteristics refer to colour nuance, quality, pattern and special properties, such as waterproofness, antiflame retardance, antifogging of the leather. They arrange the dosage of finishing mixes to apply to the leather and do the routine maintenance of the machinery.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (11)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt to changing situations
- apply colouring recipes
- execute working instructions
- identify with the company's goals
- leather finishing technologies
- maintain equipment
- prepare colour mixtures
- spray finishing technology
- stay alert
- use communication techniques
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Optional (13)
- 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
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 11 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
leather finishing operations manager
9 shared · 19 more of its ownspray finishing technology, leather finishing technologies, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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colour sampling operator
8 shared · 6 more of its ownspray finishing technology, apply colouring recipes, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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colour sampling technician
8 shared · 15 more of its ownapply colouring recipes, leather finishing technologies, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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leather wet processing department manager
8 shared · 19 more of its ownapply colouring recipes, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals, work in textile manufacturing teams
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leather production manager
8 shared · 25 more of its ownspray finishing technology, leather finishing technologies, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals
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tanner
7 shared · 3 more of its ownapply colouring recipes, prepare colour mixtures, identify with the company's goals, work in textile manufacturing teams
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leather laboratory technician
7 shared · 14 more of its ownleather finishing technologies, identify with the company's goals, work in textile manufacturing teams, execute working instructions
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leather measuring operator
6 shared · 0 more of its ownidentify with the company's goals, stay alert, work in textile manufacturing teams, execute working instructions
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