Job Description:

• 1) Removes samples of cotton from bales for classification purposes: Cuts bale band and burlap covering, using shears and knife.

• 2) Opens outside layers of cotton, and pulls or cuts samples from interior of each side of bale.

• 3) Tears stub from bale identification tag, places stub in sample, and wraps samples in paper.

• 4) May transfer bales of cotton to platform scales, using handtruck.