A professional who tends machines that automatically encase tobacco filler in layers of homogenized leaf tobacco to form cigars. Respnsibilities include:

• Places rolls of homogenized leaf on spindles and guides leaf through tension guides and rollers of machine.
• Starts machine that automatically wraps filler with binder, mouth end of cigar with reinforcing band, and bunch with wrapper leaf to form cigar.
• Observes machine operation to detect malfunctions.
• Turns setscrews to adjust feed rate, and stops and clears machine when jam-up occurs.
• Examines cigars discharged from machine for defects, such as holes, tears, and insufficient filler, and for conformity to size specifications.
• Loads inspected cigars into storage containers.