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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K072 - manufacturing and processing K0723 - textiles (clothes, footwear and leather) Leather finishing technologies
Description
Equipment, technologies and techniques for coating and laminating finishing of leather according to product specification. Topics include surface preparation, equipment types, preparation of substrata, operation monitoring and applications related to different types of finishing, coatings and final articles.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 7 occupations
- Total: 12 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 1 (Managers)
Essential for
- Leather laboratory technicianLeather laboratory technicians perform and report chemical analyses and physical tests of leather. They also perform and report chemical analyses of auxiliaries, environmental emis…
- Colour sampling technicianColour sampling technicians prepare recipes of colours and dyeing mixes. They ensure consistency in colour while using materials from different sources. Includes people performing …
- Leather goods artisanal workerLeather goods artisanal workers manufacture leather goods or parts of leather goods by hand according to the specifications of the customer or their own design. They do repairs of……
- Leather finishing operatorLeather finishing operators use machines for finishing leather according to the required specifications by the client for surface characteristics such as colour nuance, quality, pa…
- Leather finishing operations managerLeather finishing operations manager plan and organise the work of the finishing department. They are in charge of chemical supply and equipment management. They also coordinate th…
Optional for
- Leather goods production supervisorLeather goods production supervisors monitor and coordinate day-to-day production activities of a leather goods manufacturing plant. They oversee quality control as well as manage …
- Colour sampling operatorColour sampling operators apply colours and finish mixes according to the defined recipes. They apply pigments, dyes or other finishing mixes. Includes people performing activities…
- Finished leather warehouse managerFinished leather warehouse managers organise and monitor the finished leather warehouse, stock levels and organise product packing and dispatch. They maximise the warehouse space a…
- Leather raw materials purchasing managerLeather raw materials purchasing managers plan and purchase supplies of hides, skins, wet-blue or crust in coordination with the production requirements. They negotiate processes a…
- Hide graderHide graders sort hides, skins, wet blue, and crust depending on the natural characteristics, category, weight and also magnitude, location, number and type of defects. They compar…
- Leather goods production managerLeather goods production managers perform a wide range of activities and tasks in the field of management, namely, they plan, distribute and coordinate all necessary activities of …
- Leather sorterLeather sorters inspect and classify leather during and at the end of the production process according to the qualitative features, destinations of use and customer requirements.&n…
Related skills
- Manage environmental impact of operations
- Execute working instructions
- Manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- Identify defects on raw hides
- Health and safety in the workplace
- Use communication techniques
- Monitor operations in the leather industry
- Leather chemistry
- Create solutions to problems
- Work in textile manufacturing teams
- Identify with the company’s goals
- Leather technology
Last updated on February 18, 2026
