DOT Code: 521.687-098

Industry: tobacco
Alternate Titles: lamina searcher; scrap picker; searcher

Removes stems, offcolor tobacco, and foreign material, such as strings, dirt, and paper from tobacco as it moves along conveyor to ensure clean and uniform product. May drop pickings into bags attached to conveyor frame, according to whether pickings are dark tobacco, green tobacco, tobacco with stems, or foreign material. May be designated according to type of tobacco processed as Filler Picker (tobacco); Scrap Sorter (tobacco).

GOE: 06.03.02 STRENGTH: L GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77