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DOT Code: 582.685-050

Industry: leather mfg.; tex. prod., nec
Alternate Titles: breaker-wheel operator; mill attendant; softener; stuffer, machine; temperer; wet-milling-wheel oper

Tends machine equipped with revolving drum containing solutions that clean, dye, tan, or oil hides or rag stock: Places hides in drum or loads rags onto drum conveyor and locks drum door. Turns valves to fill drum with specified solution and water or steam. Moves controls to rotate drum for specified period. Stops drum, unlocks door, removes rags or hides, and loads hides or rags on cart or rack. May be designated according to process as Blacking-Wheel Tender (leather mfg.); Degreasing-Wheel Operator (leather mfg.); Oiling-Machine Operator (leather mfg.; tex. prod., nec); Tanning-Wheel Filler (leather mfg.); Washing-Machine Operator (leather mfg.). May tend machine, without adding solutions, to soften hides by tumbling and be designated Dry-Mill Worker (leather mfg.).

GOE: 06.04.16 STRENGTH: M GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77