A professional who cleans and dresses pelts, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:

• Cuts pelts on belly side from neck to tail with knife to facilitate further handling.
• Feeds pelts into cylinder of combing machine that untangles hair.
• Loads, starts, stops, and unloads beating machine to remove loose hair and foreign matter from pelts.
• Brushes grease onto skin side of pelts to restore oils removed in dyeing and tanning processes, or loads pelts and grease into revolving drum for specified time.
• Loads pelts and sawdust into revolving drum to tumble pelts in sawdust to dry, clean, and soften them.
• Stops drum after specified interval and transfers pelts to revolving cage to remove sawdust from pelts.
• Pulls skin of pelt back and forth over edge of metal bar, or slips uncut pelt over tongue of spreading device to stretch, open pores, and soften skin of pelt.
• Trims furs with scissors to even length of hairs.
• May be designated according to specialized task performed or machine tended as Beating-Machine Operator; Comber; Cutter; Drummer; Fur Clipper; Fur Puller; Fur Stretcher; Greaser.