A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in molding lumps, plugs, or twists of chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:

• Reads production schedules for information, such as quantity of plugs or twists and type of blend and wrapper leaf specified.
• Computes amount of filler and wrapper leaf required for production.
• Examines plugs and twists to detect variations from standards.
• Schedules cleaning and repairing of lump-making machines to avoid interruptions of production.
• Coordinates receipt of tobacco from casing and drying department and transfer of plugs to shipping department.
• Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.