Job Description:

• 1) Weighs sample quantities of product received by establishment for processing, removes tare, and reweighs and records weight of usable product for payment or quality control purposes: Selects specified sample of unprocessed product, such as sugar beets, tobacco leaves, and slaughtered poultry, weighs sample on scale, and records weight.

• 2) Washes off, strips, trims, or otherwise removes unusable portions of product, such as stems, caked dirt, and spoiled sections.

• 3) Reweighs sample and records weight.

• 4) May compute tare in pounds or as percentage of original weight.

• 5) May prepare and attach weight and identification tickets to product.

• 6) May send sample to laboratory for analysis.