Crafts, design and product development

A leather and fur duojár works in small handicraft enterprises and workshops, such as enterprises devoted to artistic handicraft, domestic crafts, handicrafts, design or textiles.

A leather and fur duojár produces, repairs and maintains traditional and new clothes, bags and other equipment made of fur and leather. The leather and fur duojár also develops new products and designs that are adapted to an international environment.

Central tasks are

• preparation and use of leather, hide and fur from different mammals, fish and bird skins, depilated hide and leather
• use of Sami cultural traditions and new production methods
• use of vegetable processes for preparation and tanning
• use of chemicals in processes for preparation and tanning
• preservation and further development of traditional methods
• production and product development according to Sami cultural traditions
• quality assessment of raw materials and prepared materials for different purposes
• use of manual and machine production processes
• use of different sewing techniques
• assembly of leather and fur into products made up of different materials
• finances and business development
• calculation of costs, prices and profitability
• marketing, sales and customer service
  

You should be good at working with your hands and have a good sense of colour and form.