CODE: 783.682-010Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): FUR-MACHINE OPERATOR (fur goods) alternate titles: fur joiner; fur operator; fur sewer

Operates fur machine to join fur strips and pelts into garment parts or garments, such as collars, cuffs, linings, coats, and capes: Selects thread according to color, places spool on spindle, and draws thread through machine guides, tensions and needle eye. Inserts bobbin into shuttle and draws thread through guide and looper eye. Depresses pedal to open horizontal feed cups, aligns pelt edges and positions them between cups, and releases pedal to close cups against pelts. Guides fur strips or pelts between feed cups and across horizontal needle to join fur strips or pelts to form garment parts or garment, following markings on pelts and designer's pattern. May cut slits in fur pelt to separate it into strips, using knife, to let out pelts. May alter finished garment, such as removing excess fur to reduce highlighted color in fur texture, following designer's instructions. May join edges of lambskin strips to form paint roller covers.
GOE: 06.02.05 STRENGTH: L GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 6 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 92721 Sewing Machine Operators, Non-Garment