Leaf tier

Code 7516.3

Leaf tiers tie tobacco leaves manually into bundles for processing. They select loose leaves by hand and arrange them with butt ends together. They wind tie leaf around butts.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • manufacturing of smoked tobacco products
  • manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products
  • manufacturing of by-products from tobacco
  • curing methods for tobacco leaves
  • variety of tobacco leaves

Skills and competences

  • assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves
  • apply HACCP
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • cure tobacco leaves
  • set up specifications in curing room
  • mark differences in colours
  • operate tobacco drying technology
  • perform tobacco leaves conditioning
  • perform sensory evaluation of food products
  • pre-blend tobacco leaves
  • dry tobacco leaves
  • grade tobacco leaves
  • tie tobacco leaves in hands
  • use curing room equipment

Transversal competences

  • adapt efficient food processing practices

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences