Job Description:

• 1) Seals hogsheads of tobacco prior to shipment or storage: Places prefabricated head in hogshead and climbs onto hogshead to press head down.

• 2) Forces head into hogshead, using metal bar, body weight, and foot pressure.

• 3) Positions metal band around top edge of hogshead, inserts ends of band into ratchet tool, and moves lever to tighten band.

• 4) Secures band to hogshead, using clamps and crimping tool, or by inserting fasteners through perforations in band into hogshead.

• 5) Bends end of band to break off excess band.

• 6) Removes metal reinforcement from hogshead and rolls or pushes hogshead from work area.