Job Description:

• 1) Controls heating equipment in tobacco barns to cure tobacco: Starts coal or wood fire in furnace, lights oil or gas burner, or turns on electric furnace to heat barn.

• 2) Regulates temperature and draft controls, depending on type of tobacco and weather conditions, until leaves are yellowed.

• 3) Observes color and moisture content of leaves to determine when to increase heat and regulate draft controls to dry leaves and stems.

• 4) When bulk curing barns are used, starts and regulates fan speed to control movement of air and heat through tobacco leaves.