From cigarette making machine operator to leaf sorter
13 of the 22 essential skills of a leaf sorter are already essential for a cigarette making machine operator — about 59% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 59%
- of the target job covered
- 22
- essential skills of a leaf sorter
What a leaf sorter does
Leaf sorters analyse colour and condition of tobacco leaves in order to determine whether they should be used as cigar wrappers or binders. They select leaves without visible defects taking into account colour variations, tears, tar spots, tight grain, and sizes as per specifications. They fold wrapper leaves into bundles for stripping.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves
- blend tobacco leaves
- check quality of products on the production line
- curing methods for tobacco leaves
- exert quality control to processing food
- manufacturing of smoked tobacco products
- mark differences in colours
- quality prototype of a tobacco leaf
- sort tobacco leaves
- variety of tobacco leaves
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a leaf sorter and not for a cigarette making machine operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves
- assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves
- assure quality of tobacco leaves
- grade tobacco leaves
- history of tobacco
- maintain updated professional knowledge
- manufacturing of by-products from tobacco
- manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
Other moves from cigarette making machine operator
2 roles- curing room worker25 skills in common
- leaf tier13 skills in common
← cigarette making machine operatorleaf sorter →The other way round
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How far are you from being a leaf sorter?
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