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OFO Code: 683502

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
683502
Occupation
Tanner
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
Unit group
6835 · Pelt Dressers, Tanners and Fellmongers

Official description
Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers trim, scrape, clean, tan, buff and dye animal hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs for making garments and other products.

More official OFO detail
  • Dressing and applying dyes and stains to leather
  • Preparing bark and myrobalan liquor for treating hides or skins
  • Seasoning leather by applying chemical solution or oil evenly on surface by hand brush and allowing it to dry in open a
  • Removing long, coarse hair from pelts and trimming underlying hair to even length
  • Tanning and dressing pelts to improve lustre and beauty or restore natural appearance of pelts
  • Removing hair from skin or hides soaked in lime water
  • Sorting and grading pelts, hides and skins according to colour, shading, size and density
  • Tinting or dyeing furs to enhance natural shades of fur
  • Treating hides and skins in tanning solution to convert them into leather
  • Preparing hides by curing them with salt
  • Scraping particles of flesh, fat, or protective tissue from skins or pelts to clean and soften them
  • Removing wrinkles and setting grains on wet hide or skin

2. Demand status

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