Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that cuts blocks of cheese into pieces of specified shape and size: Examines cheese for defects in color, texture, and body.

• 2) Bolts specified cutting head to machine, using wrench, adjusts stops on cutting table, and turns wheels to position cutting wires.

• 3) Places block on table, and moves lever to lower cutting head or raise table to cut cheese.

• 4) Weighs cut cheese, places pieces on conveyor, and records amount cut.

• 5) May measure cheese with ruler and cut with hand cutter.

• 6) May trim rind, mold, or sediment from cheese, using knife.