Job Description:

• 1) Examines heads and staves of tight barrels or kegs, containing water and compressed air, to determine if they are liquid tight: Rolls and tumbles barrel to spread water over interior of barrel.

• 2) Examines barrel for faulty stave joints, leaks, loose or defective hoops, and material defects, such as streaks, cross grains, wormholes, and knotholes, in stave and heading material.

• 3) Marks defects with chalk and rolls barrel to COOPER.

• 4) May make minor repairs to barrel, such as plugging wormholes, knotholes, and small leaks.