Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers

Duties and tasks

• Making cigars, cigarettes, snuff and other tobacco products by hand or with simple machines
• Tending vacuum containers which moisten tobacco for further processing
• Mixing tobacco leaves according to formula to obtain a blend of distinct flavour
• Grading cured tobacco leaves by type, quality and locality where grown
• Removing midribs and stalks from tobacco leaves and shredding tobacco