Sorter, fine sorting
NKPD code: 75161023
Current information as of 2026-11-14
6th grade
First degree of professional qualification and/or completed 6th grade
Labor Characteristics
Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers prepare and process tobacco leaves and make various tobacco products.
Main Tasks
- sorting cured tobacco leaves by type, quality and growing location;
- blending tobacco leaves according to formulas to obtain blends with specific flavours;
- operating vacuum chambers to moisten tobacco for further processing;
- stemming and cutting tobacco leaves;
- making cigarettes, papirosi, cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, snuff and chewing tobacco by hand or machine.
- Examples of occupations in this unit group:
- Master, cigarettes
- Master, cigars
- Grader, tobacco
- Worker, variety grading
Not Included
- Machine operator, cigarette production – 8160
- Machine operator, cigar production – 8160
Professions in "Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers"
Master, pressed tobaccoMaster, cigarsMaster, cigarettesGrader, tobaccoWorker, tobacco leaf conditioningWorker, tobacco blend determinationWorker, variety determinationWorker, tobacco cleaningWorker, stripping tobacco leaves of veins and stemsWorker, cigar pressingWorker, tobacco shreddingWorker, tobacco spreadingWorker, tobacco leaf cuttingWorker, cigar rollingWorker, tobacco blenderWorker, tobacco sortingWorker, tobacco dryingWorker, tobacco leaf pickingWorker, tobacco fermentationWorker, cigar mouldingDistributor, dried tobaccoSorter, preliminary sorting
Source: National Statistical Institute
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Master, pressed tobaccoMaster, cigarsMaster, cigarettesGrader, tobaccoWorker, tobacco leaf conditioningWorker, tobacco blend determinationWorker, variety determinationWorker, tobacco cleaningWorker, stripping tobacco leaves of veins and stemsWorker, cigar pressingWorker, tobacco shreddingWorker, tobacco spreadingWorker, tobacco leaf cuttingWorker, cigar rollingWorker, tobacco blenderWorker, tobacco sortingWorker, tobacco dryingWorker, tobacco leaf pickingWorker, tobacco fermentationWorker, cigar mouldingDistributor, dried tobaccoSorter, preliminary sorting