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baler operator
A professional who tends machine that compresses and binds paper, cloth, or other loose materials to facilitate handling. Responsibilities include:
- Trucks or carries materials to baling machine.
- Places materials in compression chamber of baling machine.
- Moves lever or electric switch, causing ram to compress material.
- Threads tie bands around bale and twists or clamps ends of bands to tighten bands.
- Opens compression chamber doors and removes bale from machine.
- May truck bales to storage place, weigh bales, and record weight.
- May line compression chamber of baling machine with paper, burlap, or other covering before baling.
- May sew or tie wrapping in place after baling, and stencil bales.
- May be designated according to material baled as cloth baler; feather baler; metal baler; paper baler; rag baler; tobacco baler; corn-husk baler; hair baler; leather baler; offal baler; scrap baler.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s): baling-machine_tender, baling-press_operator, press_operator_₁, tie_puller, waste_baler
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- Industry/Domain: Professional careers
- Category: Occupational titles
- Company: U.S. DOL
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