Job Description:

• 1) Assists CARBON-FURNACE OPERATOR in baking carbon anodes in pit furnaces: Disconnects water and fuel lines from equipment after baking cycle.

• 2) Hooks cable to portable burner, blower, and exhaust manifold, and signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to lift equipment from fired pit and lower it into alternate pit.

• 3) Replaces gas main covers, flue lids, and port plates on vacated pit.

• 4) Cleans and installs cloth dustbags and vaporizer in headwall and burner respectively, and connects water and fuel hoses, using handtools.

• 5) Fills expansion joints, flue cracks, gas connections, and pitholes with mortar or coke, using trowel and shovel.

• 6) Dumps and spreads coke on pit, using overhead hoist and shovel.

• 7) Regulates dampers and turns valves on fuel lines as directed.

• 8) Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.