Job Description:

• 1) Weighs and records weight of filled containers, cargo of loaded vehicles, or rolls of materials, such as cotton, sugarcane, paper, cloth, plastic, and tobacco, to keep receiving and shipping records: Reads scale dial to ascertain weight and records weight on ticket, product, or material; or subtracts tare from gross weight to obtain net weight of product or material; or inserts ticket into automatic scale recorder that prints weight on ticket.

• 2) May convey objects to scale, using handtruck, and lift objects onto scale.

• 3) May record information on weight ticket, such as grade and yardage.

• 4) May be designated according to item weighed as Cloth Weigher; Garment Weigher; Roll Weigher; Tobacco Weigher.

• 5) May signal YARD ENGINEER to move cars on and off scale and be designated Scaler.

• 6) May weigh only incoming or outgoing materials or products and be designated Receiving Weigher; Shipping Weigher.