Job Description:

• 1) Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in beating and refining pulp to prepare furnish for processing into paper: Calculates volume or weight of ingredients, such as pulp, fillers, size, alum, and dyes, using formulas and laboratory analyses of ingredient concentrations.

• 2) Orders charging of beater vats with ingredients, beater roll adjustment, and time of beating.

• 3) Examines pulp samples and reviews laboratory reports to determine when beating process is completed.