| Job Title |
Tanner, Rotary Drum, Continuous Process |
| Job Description |
Operates Rotary Drum To Remove Hair And Other Solubles From
Hides Or Skins And Convert Hides Or Skins Into Leather Or Glue
During Continuous Process: Loads Drum With Hides, Skins, Or
Other Animal Stock. Turns Valves To Admit Water And Steam To
Drum. Weighs And Mixes Specified Amounts Of Lime, Salt, And
Other Chemicals In Mixing Tank Or Drum, Following Formula, To
Prepare Liming, Deliming, Pickling, And Tanning Solutions Used
In Treating Hides Or Skins. Turns Valve To Transfer Solutions To
Drum During Specified Processing Cycles. Moves Lever To Activate
Drum That Cleans, Washes, Pickles, And Tans Hides Or Skins.
Replaces Solid Door Of Drum With Perforated Door At Specified
Intervals To Filter Waste From Drum At Completion Of Cycles.
Verifies Salinity And Temperature Of Solutions, Using
Salinometer And Thermometer. Transfers Tanning Solution To Drum
And Tans Hides Or Skins [tanning-drum Operator (leather Mfg.)].
May Be Designated According To Process As Delimer (leather
Mfg.); Limer (chemical; Leather Mfg.); Pickler (leather Mfg.);
Vat Tender (chemical).
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