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- NOC 2006 Version 1.0
9454 – Inspectors and Testers, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing
Inspectors and testers in this unit group inspect and grade hides, pelts and leather, or garments and other manufactured fabric, fur and leather products. They are employed by leather tanning and fur dressing establishments or by garment, fur and leather products manufacturers.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Blue-leather grader
- Boot and shoe grader
- Boot and shoe inspector
- Boot and shoe sorter
- Canvas goods inspector
- Clothing inspector
- Cushion and cover inspector
- Cushion and furniture-coverings manufacturing inspector
- Draper
- Final inspector, garments
- Fitting room inspector - fabric products manufacturing
- Foundation garments inspector
- Fur grader
- Fur matcher - fur products manufacturing
- Fur sorter
- Fur sorter, hats
- Garment final inspector
- Garment inspector
- Garment manufacturing inspector
- Glove and mitten examiner
- Hat fur sorter
- Hat inspector
- Hide and pelt processing inspector
- Hide grader
- Hide inspector
- Hide sorter
- Inspector - fabric products manufacturing
- Inspector - fur products manufacturing
- Inspector-grader, seconds
- Inspector, foundation garments
- Inspector, garment
- Inspector, leather goods
- Jacket manufacturing inspector
- Leather glove examiner
- Leather goods inspector
- Leather grader
- Leather inspector
- Leather sorter
- Leather stock inspector
- Leather tanneries inspector
- Parachute inspector - fabric products manufacturing
- Pelt grader
- Pelt grader - hide and pelt processing
- Pelt processing inspector
- Seconds inspector-grader
- Shirt inspector
- Shoe inspector
- Sorter, boot and shoe
- Sorter, leather
- Clothing inspector
- Cushion and cover inspector
- Fur grader
- Garment inspector
- Hide grader
- Leather goods inspector
- Pelt grader
- Seconds inspector-grader
- Shirt inspector
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Inspectors and testers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Inspect and grade animal hides, pelts or leather according to size, condition and weight
- Inspect garments and similar products for defects, such as seam splits, puckers, missing buttons and colour and shape variations
- Verify fit or size by placing garment over a form or by measuring products
- Trim excess material and loose threads using scissors
- Remove lint using a brush or lint remover and remove spots using cleaning solution
- Repair minor defects using a needle and thread
- Record information on the number and nature of defects
- Grade and sort finished products and tag according to size, style and quality.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
- Work experience in the manufacturing of the products under examination is usually required.
Additional information
- There is little mobility among the different inspectors and testers in this unit group.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 94 – Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers
- Minor group
- 945 – Machine Operators and Related Workers in Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0