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- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 44 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- Noisy
- Clothing/textile manufacturing company
- Load and off-load machines
- Notify supervisor or mechanic of equipment malfunctions
- Operate and feed a variety of machines
- Cut fabric or layers of fabric to specifications
- Set up, maintain and make minor repairs to machinery
- Cut fur skins according to specifications
- Push carts, trucks or cans of fibres from one work area to another
- Clean machines and immediate work areas
- Investigate machine stoppages
- Number pelts to indicate their place on pattern
- Assist machine operators and other textile workers as required
- Sort or match fur skins
- Select leather and cutting dies
- Position leather to maximize usage according to skin grain, skin flaws and skin stretch
- Operate machine or manually fabricate leather products
- Cut and prepare fabric, leather and fur samples
- Adjust cutting technique to type of fabric and style of garment
- Operate clicker or punch press to stretch leather
- Adjust rotation and mixing action of vats according to state of pelts
- Examine products for defects to ensure adherence to quality standards
- Mix dyes or chemicals according to established formulae
- Operate a variety of machines to bleach, dye, coat or finish fabric, thread, yarn or other textile products
- Prepare solutions to clean, dehair, pickle, oil or tan hides and skins
- Remove flesh and loose hair from hides and pelts
- Shave hides to uniform thickness
- Shear hides to specified length
- Tint or dye furs
- Wool
- Cotton
- Fabric blends
- Synthetic
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Fast-paced environment
- Large workload
- Accurate
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Reliability
- Client focus