Job Description:

• 1) Tends vacuum conditioner that moistens opened hogsheads of tobacco for further processing: Opens chamber door and pushes hogsheads of tobacco into chamber or starts hydraulic lift that moves hogsheads into chamber.

• 2) Closes chamber door, starts vacuum pump, and turns valve to admit steam into chamber.

• 3) Observes gauges and dials on control panel to determine when temperature and air, steam, and vacuum pressure reach specified levels to force steam through tobacco.