Job Description:

• 1) Weighs quantities of materials for use in production processes, using balance, platform, or floor scales: Places loose or packaged material on scales and adds or removes portions of material to obtain specified weight.

• 2) Reads work order or formula to determine types and quantities of materials to weigh.

• 3) Records weight of materials used for production records, or maintains perpetual inventory of materials used and on hand.

• 4) May dump materials in prescribed sequence into chute or hopper or onto conveyor belt.

• 5) May transfer weighed materials to production or storage areas, using handtruck or power truck.

• 6) May sort weighed materials into designated bins or containers, according to weight or type.

• 7) May be designated according to type of scale used or material weighed as Batch Weigher; Compounder; Feather Grader; Operator, Scales; Rubber Compounder; Shadow-Graph-Weight Operator; Stock Mixer; Weigher-And-Charger.

• 8) May weigh plant products as part of packing process and be designated Weigher, Packing.