Job Description:

• 1) Feeds or off bears tobacco leaves, bundles, or strips to or from processing machine: Loads tobacco onto conveyor or into chutes or hoppers with hands, pitchfork, or shovel, or dumps tobacco from tubs or hampers onto conveyor, using hoist or hydraulic lift.

• 2) Places containers at discharge end of conveyor to catch tobacco.

• 3) Pushes containers onto scales.

• 4) Starts and stops conveyors.

• 5) May spray tobacco leaves with water to moisten tobacco for further processing.

• 6) May be designated according to task performed as Packing-Machine Feeder; Rack Loader II.