"SUPERVISOR, THRESHING DEPARTMENT"
Job Description and Jobs
DOT: 521.132-014
Supervises and coordinates activities of workers in threshing department of tobacco processing plant: Pushes buttons on control panels to start conveyors and machines.
Observes threshing machine units to detect jams and defective machine operations. Removes clogged tobacco, using metal rod or hand, or diverts flow of tobacco to another processing line until jams have been corrected. Feels tobacco to determine moisture content and turns valves to regulate flow of steam and water into ordering machine [ORDERING-MACHINE OPERATOR (tobacco)]. Keeps payroll timecards for subordinates. Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR (any industry) Master Title.
