Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families		Classification Programs Division
Release Date:  August 2001		Section Thirty-two of Sixty-six

    3100 - FABRIC AND LEATHER WORK FAMILY   

This job family includes occupations involving the fabrication, modification, and repair of clothing and equipment made of: (1) woven textile fabrics of animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin; (2) plastic film and filaments; (3) natural and simulated leather; (4) natural and synthetic fabrics; and (5) paper. Work involves use of handtools and mechanical devices and machines to lay out, cut, sew, rivet, mold, fit, assemble, and attach findings to articles such as uniforms, rainwear, hats, belts, shoes, brief cases, holsters, equipage articles, tents, gun covers, bags, parachutes, upholstery, mattresses, brushes, etc.

Throughout the following information, an asterisk (*) stands for series with a published standard and a double asterisk (**) stands for series with a published flysheet.

Occupations in this family are:

3103 Shoe Repairing

This occupation includes jobs involved in the resoling, reheeling, and repairing of boots and shoes by hand or by using such machines as sanders, stitches, trimmers, and rough rounders.

3105 Fabric Working *

This occupation includes jobs involved in making, modifying, altering, and repairing fabric equipment, clothing, and other articles such as awnings, tents, containments, gun covers, sleeping bags, mattresses, parachutes, belts, carrying cases, flags, bed linens, protective clothing, work clothes, dress clothes, suits, coats, and uniforms. Fabrics include wool, cotton, linen, canvas, nylon, polyester, rayon, acetate, acrylic, olefin, saran, metallic fabrics, fabrics made of rubber yarn or plastic filaments, leather, felt, fiberglass, vinyl, asbestos, and other similar materials. Fabric work involves taking measurements; making patterns and layouts; marking, cutting, fitting, and sewing or cementing parts together, using hand or power tools and equipment; and knowledge of fabric and construction methods.

3106 Upholstering *

This occupation includes jobs involved in repairing and replacing upholstery, including fabrics, springs, webbing, filling, and padding on items such as furniture, seats, and structural framework in houses, rooms, offices, aircraft, ships, boats, railroad cars, automobiles, trucks, buses, and other vehicles or equipment. Upholstering work involves taking measurements, making patterns and layouts, cutting fabrics, fitting and joining cover pieces, and installing and fastening upholstery materials in place, using hand or power tools and equipment and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.

3111 Sewing Machine Operating *

This occupation includes jobs that involve operating power sewing machines to sew, alter, or repair wearing apparel, linens, blankets, and other fabric articles. This includes operation of automatic sewing machines when the operator must know how to thread the machine, wind bobbins, adjust tension, and oil parts.

3119 Broom and Brush Making

This occupation includes jobs involved in the hand and machine manufacture of brooms, brushes, sweepers, and dusters made of hair, tampico or palmyra fiber, corn, hickory splints, and other material.