A professional who tends machine that scrapes flesh or hair from pelts, shears wool on sheepskin to specified length, or shaves hides to uniform thickness. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns handwheel or setscrew to adjust feed roller to specified height.
• Places pelt or hide on roller and presses pedal to raise roller that feeds hide to clippers or revolving blades.
• Verifies thickness of hide, using micrometer.
• May sharpen blades, using honing stone.
• May be designated according to operation performed as fleshing-machine operator; shearing-machine operator; unhairing-machine operator.