Tobacco Operative ????? - 1939 Register entry

[fixit9660]

Could someone please help me with the Personal Occupation entry in a 1939 Register?
The top line for Henry Draiseys Occupation is "Tobacco Operative ??". I can't make out the last word. There is a strip of tape running the whole length of the page obscuring the last half of all the words.

[Rosinish]

Could it be Personnel?

Annie

[fixit9660]

Hi Annie. Thanks for the prompt response. The person completing the Register has been pretty consistent and specific with dotting his i's, and Full Stops. I wondered if it ended "...ied"? I still can't understand the word if it does.
Andrew.

[bbart]

Pensioned? 

[mckha489]

I was just about to suggest  Pensioned.

[fixit9660]

AH! Pensioned. Of course. Why didn't I think of that? He was 83 years old at that point. Barring any better suggestions I think I'll go for Pensioned.
Thank you all for your prompt help!!

[Karen McDonald]

Without looking at the other answers, I (also) saw "pensioned".

[fixit9660]

Pensioned it is then! :-)
Thank you all very much!!!

[Karen McDonald]

To split hairs on this one , I think it actually says Tobaca, not Tobacco. Same thing, at the end of the day...

And for no reason other than quenching my curiosity  , what is the middle word in the "Unpaid ... Duties" entries? (Nothing to do with your Henry, I know, but I am curious.  )