Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• J - Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
• J1 - Machine Operators in Manufacturing
• J17 - Machine Operators and Related Workers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing

J174 - Tobacco Processing Machine Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating machines to prepare and treat raw tobacco leaves or to produce tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars.

• Example Titles

  • Casing cooker, tobacco processing
  • Cigar buncher
  • Cigar maker, tobacco processing
  • Cigarette machine tender, tobacco processing
  • Cleaning and classifying operator (C. and C.), tobacco pro
  • Conveyor tender, tobacco processing
  • Dryer tender, tobacco processing
  • Filter-cigarette-machine tender
  • Module tender, tobacco processing
  • Redryer operator, tobacco processing
  • Strip cutter and blending operator, tobacco processing
  • Strip-cutting-machine tender, tobacco processing
  • Tobacco blender
  • Tobacco-machine tender
  • Turret-machine tender, tobacco processing

• Exclusion

  • Foremen/women, tobacco processing (See J013 Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing)
  • Tobacco testers and graders (See J175 Testers and Graders, Food and Beverage Processing)