Cigarette making machine operator
Code 8160.18
Cigarette making machine operators tend cigarette-making machines to encase tobacco in continuous paper rolls followed by cutting cigarettes from roll. They place roll of cigarette paper on spindles and set monogram-printing devices to print brand name on cigarette paper at specified position.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- quality prototype of a tobacco leaf
- manufacturing of smoked tobacco products
- curing methods for tobacco leaves
- tobacco manufacturing regulations
- fermentation process of tobacco leaves
- variety of tobacco leaves
Skills and competences
- administer additives to tobacco
- assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves
- assess fermentation levels of tobacco leaves
- assess moisture levels in tobacco leaves
- apply HACCP
- apply GMP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- apply tobacco manufacturing requirements
- flavour tobacco leaves
- sort tobacco leaves
- monitor machine operations
- cut tobacco leaves
- cure tobacco leaves
- air-cure tobacco
- sun-cure tobacco
- mark differences in colours
- perform kiln fermentation of tobacco leaves
- ferment stacks of tobacco leaves
- ensure sanitation
- operate monogram-printing device
- blend tobacco leaves
- tend cigarette making machine
- operate tobacco drying technology
- perform tobacco leaves conditioning
- pre-blend tobacco leaves
- perform cleaning duties
- regulate flow of shredded tobacco
- stock tobacco products' machines
- dry tobacco leaves
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- separate tobacco shreds by size
- flue-cure tobacco
- use wrenches
- check quality of products on the production line
Transversal competences
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- exert quality control to processing food
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- perform detailed tobacco manufacturing operations
- clean waste materials from machines
- adhere to organisational guidelines
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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