Job Description:

• 1) Loads trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors with sand, gravel, coal, crushed stone, or other minerals: Pulls levers or presses buttons to open and close chute of storage bin to regulate flow of materials.

• 2) Loosens clogged material, using metal bar or compressed air.

• 3) May position cars under chute.

• 4) May spray water on materials to settle dust.

• 5) May keep record of materials loaded.

• 6) May pry and blast loose mined coal impounded behind battery of storage chute in steeply pitching seams, to load mine cars, and be designated Battery Starter.