Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that compresses and binds paper, cloth, or other loose materials to facilitate handling: Trucks or carries materials to baling machine.

• 2) Places materials in compression chamber of baling machine.

• 3) Moves lever or electric switch, causing ram to compress material.

• 4) Threads tie bands around bale and twists or clamps ends of bands to tighten bands.

• 5) Opens compression chamber doors and removes bale from machine.

• 6) May truck bales to storage place, weigh bales, and record weight.

• 7) May line compression chamber of baling machine with paper, burlap, or other covering before baling.

• 8) May sew or tie wrapping in place after baling, and stencil bales.

• 9) May be designated according to material baled as Cloth Baler; Feather Baler; Metal Baler; Paper Baler; Rag Baler; Tobacco Baler; Corn-Husk Baler; Hair Baler; Leather Baler; Offal Baler; Scrap Baler.