Job Description:

• 1) Tends hydraulic press that bales ginned cotton: Spreads piece of burlap or jute bale covering on bed of chamber in press.

• 2) Starts equipment that dumps and tamps bulk cotton in chamber.

• 3) Observes level of cotton in chamber and stops loading equipment when chamber contains required amounts of cotton.

• 4) Positions loaded chamber under ram of press.

• 5) Starts press to compress cotton.

• 6) Fastens bands around bale and loads bale on handtruck.

• 7) Moves handtruck onto platform of scale and records weight of bale.

• 8) May determine number of compressed bales to be obtained from bulk cotton, according to total weight of cotton.