Baler

Summary

The Baler is responsible for operating baling equipment to compress, secure, and prepare recyclable materials for storage and shipment. The Baler safely handles materials throughout the baling process, including loading, operating equipment, moving finished bales, and maintaining accurate production records. The Baler supports efficient recycling operations while following all safety and quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Trucks or carries materials to baling machine.
• Places materials in compression chamber of baling machine.
• Moves lever or electric switch, causing ram to compress material.
• Threads tie bands around bale and twists or clamps ends of bands to tighten bands.
• Opens compression chamber doors and removes bale from machine.
• Trucks bales to storage place, weighs bales, and records weight.
• Lines compression chamber of baling machine with paper, burlap, or other covering before baling.
• Sews or ties wrapping in place after baling, and stencils bales.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to: stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally maneuver wheeled containers weighing up to 300 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and extreme heat.