Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.

Job Task

• Weighs and places products in containers, according to grade and marks grade on containers.
• Discards inferior or defective products and foreign matter and places acceptable products in containers for further processing.
• Grades and sorts products, according to factors, such as color, length, width, appearance, feel, and smell.
• Segregates products on conveyor belt or table, according to grade, color, size, fiber quality, species, deformities, and sex.
• Estimates weight of product visually and by feel.
• Pulls product sample apart between fingers to determine fiber quality.
• Examines product fibers through microscope to determine maturity and spirality of fibers.
• Records grade on tag or shipping, receiving, or sales sheet.

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