As a Curing Room Worker, you will need to master following:

• air-cure tobacco
• apply GMP
• apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
• assess fermentation levels of tobacco leaves
• assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves
• blend tobacco leaves
• cure tobacco leaves
• curing methods for tobacco leaves
• cut tobacco leaves
• dry tobacco leaves
• ferment stacks of tobacco leaves
• fermentation process of tobacco leaves
• flavour tobacco leaves
• flue-cure tobacco
• history of tobacco
• manufacturing of smoked tobacco products
• manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products
• operate tobacco drying technology
• perform kiln fermentation of tobacco leaves
• perform tobacco leaves conditioning
• pre-blend tobacco leaves
• quality prototype of a tobacco leaf
• sort tobacco leaves
• sun-cure tobacco
• tie tobacco leaves in hands
• variety of tobacco leaves

More generally, a curing room worker is also versed in:

• apply HACCP
• be at ease in unsafe environments
• follow production schedule

It also helps to know the following:

• tobacco products
• work in a food processing team
• act reliably
• carry out checks of production plant equipment
• carry out environmental audits
• follow hygienic procedures during food processing
• liaise with colleagues
• liaise with managers
• monitor processing conditions
• perform cleaning duties
• perform services in a flexible manner