Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that forms opening in paper bags through which loose materials, such as cement, sugar, lime, fertilizers, and sand are poured into bag: Positions unsewed paper bag on machine bed between guide arms.

• 2) Depresses pedal or moves lever to start machine that automatically creases and folds bottom of paper bag to form valve, and discharges it onto conveyor.

• 3) May tend sleeve machine that automatically cuts and glues strips of paper used to close valves of filled bags.

• 4) May tend machine that forms valve and sews ends of bags and be designated Combination Valving-And-Sewing-Machine Operator.