Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that automatically presses and slices cased, shredded tobacco into lumps of chewing tobacco: Turns knobs to adjust speed of machine conveyor according to brand, grade, and weight of cased tobacco.

• 2) Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctions, such as jam-ups or uneven flow of tobacco entering machine.

• 3) Stops machine to remove tobacco caught between pressing rollers or weighing unit.

• 4) Weighs random lumps to verify accuracy of reject weighing unit, using scale.

• 5) Turns knob to adjust weighing unit as necessary to maintain standard weight of lumps.

• 6) Replenishes containers with alcohol solution that is automatically sprayed on machine rollers and conveyor to prevent sticking of cased tobacco.

• 7) Cleans machine.