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How many Weight Taker jobs are available on Pertemps?

There are 17 Weight Taker jobs available on Pertemps right now.

What does a Weight Taker do?

Weighers, graders and sorters weigh, grade and sort materials, goods and products.

Tasks required include:

• Examines hide, skins, leather, fabric, wool, rags, scrap metal, tobacco pipe bowls, fish, fibres, ceramics, produce and other goods.
• Assesses product quality visually and by touch, and grades according to weight, thickness, colour and other quality criteria.
• Ascertains material(s) required from order card, recipe, or specification and weighs and measures prescribed quantities accordingly.
• Uses balances, springs, weighing platforms, automatic scales and weighbridges to check the weight of goods, products and loaded vehicles.
• Records and calculates gross and net weight, checks delivery notes and prepares documents and labels for identification purposes.
• Operates machines to measure lengths of rolls of material and irregularly shaped materials such as leather or sheepskin.

What are the entry requirements for a Weight Taker?

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job, supplemented by short courses relating to the specific material or product being considered.