Pelt Dressers, Tanners and Fellmongers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Pelt Dressers, Tanners and Fellmongers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 7535) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Fellmonger
- Pelt grader
- Tanner
Latest pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
11 open ads- Store Manager | CALZEDONIA Stuttgart (Das Tanner)
German title: Store Managerin | CALZEDONIA Stuttgart (Das Gerber)
Calzedonia Germany GmbH · Stuttgart · Posted 2026-09-30 - Store Manager | CALZEDONIA Stuttgart (Das Tanner)
German title: Store Managerin | CALZEDONIA Stuttgart (Das Gerber)
Calzedonia Germany GmbH · Stuttgart · Posted 2026-09-29 - Farmhand
German title: Helfer
AUGUSTA Personaldienstleistungen GmbH · Günzburg · Posted 2026-05-18 - Embedded Engineer – Hardware & Firmware
Kusalava International GmbH · Neuching · Posted 2026-09-21 - Master carpenter/wood technician (m/f/diverse)
German title: Tischlermeister/Holztechniker (m/w/divers)
Gerber GmbH · Duisburg · Posted 2025-12-19 - Senior Engineer / Senior Engineer
German title: Obermonteur / Leitender Monteur
Elektro Kirsch GmbH · Chemnitz, Sachsen · Posted 2025-05-28
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
1 open ads- Airsafe Sweden AB is looking for a saddler
Swedish title: Airsafe Sweden AB söker en sadelmakare
Scandinavian Astor Group AB · Upplands Väsby · Posted 2026-09-30
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all craft and related trades workers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €683 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Italy | Shortage | €2,220 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Slovenia | Shortage | €1,645 a month | Ljubljana: €950 |
| Spain | Shortage | €1,890 a month | Madrid: €1,300 |
| Hungary | Shortage and surplus | €1,088 a month * | Budapest: €910 |
| Austria | Surplus | €3,048 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Finland | Surplus | €3,362 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Slovakia | Surplus | €1,292 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all craft and related trades workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers do
Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers trim, scrape, clean, tan, buff and dye animal hides, pelts or skins to produce leather stock and finished furs for making garments and other products.
Typical tasks
- Sorting and grading pelts, hides and skins according to colour, shading, size and density
- Scraping particles of flesh, fat or protective tissue from skins or pelts to clean and soften them
- Removing hair from skin or hides soaked in lime water
- Preparing hides by curing them with salt
- Removing long, coarse hair from pelts and trimming underlying hair to even length
- Tanning and dressing pelts to improve lustre and beauty or restore natural appearance of pelts
- Preparing bark and myrobalan liquor for treating hides or skins
- Treating hides and skins in tanning solution to convert them into leather
- Tinting or dyeing furs to enhance natural shades of fur
- Removing wrinkles and setting grains on wet hide or skin
- Dressing and applying dyes and stains to leather
- Stretching and smoothing dressed pelts
- Seasoning leather by applying chemical solution or oil evenly on surface by hand brush and allowing it to dry in open air
Finding pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Fellmonger".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.