CODE: 920.685-010Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): BALING-MACHINE TENDER (any industry) alternate titles: baler operator; baling-press

operator; press operator; tie puller; waste baler Tends machine that compresses and binds paper, cloth, or other loose materials to facilitate handling: 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 (textile); Feather Baler (text. prod., nec); Metal Baler (any industry); Paper Baler (paper goods); Rag Baler (laundry & rel.); Tobacco Baler (tobacco); Corn-Husk Baler (grain-feed mills); Hair Baler (leather mfg.); Leather Baler (leather mfg.); Offal Baler (leather mfg.); Scrap Baler (nonfer. metal; steel & rel.).
GOE: 06.04.38 STRENGTH: H GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 81
ONET CROSSWALK: 92974 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders