A professional who tends equipment that washes lamb and sheep pelts. Respnsibilities include:

• Unloads pelts from trucks, railroad cars, or handcarts.
• Separates sheep pelts from lamb pelts and segregates pelts with cuts, tears, or blemishes.
• Turns valve to fill soaking tank with water and dumps specified amount of salt into tank.
• Throws pelts into tank and starts agitators that wash pelts.
• Removes pelts from tank by hand or using metal hook.
• May record number of pelts washed and those found defective.