A professional who feeds or off bears tobacco leaves, bundles, or strips to or from processing machine. Respnsibilities include:

• Loads tobacco onto conveyor or into chutes or hoppers with hands, pitchfork, or shovel, or dumps tobacco from tubs or hampers onto conveyor, using hoist or hydraulic lift.
• Places containers at discharge end of conveyor to catch tobacco.
• Pushes containers onto scales.
• Starts and stops conveyors.
• May spray tobacco leaves with water to moisten tobacco for further processing.
• May be designated according to task performed as Packing-Machine Feeder; Rack Loader II.