Job Description:

• 1) Operates locomotives and bulldozers and controls conveyor systems to transport and pile coal for use in boilers of generating plant: Operates locomotive to haul coal car over unloading bins.

• 2) Pushes lever of car shaker or car turner to empty coal from car into bins.

• 3) Starts and controls conveyor that transfers coal to and from bins, bunkers, and storage pile.

• 4) Operates bulldozers and front-end loaders to shape and compact coal storage pile to minimize possibility of spontaneous combustion.

• 5) Lubricates and adjusts conveyor systems, bulldozers, and other coal-moving equipment.

• 6) May loosen frozen coal in gondolas, using steam hose or blowtorch.

• 7) May collect coal samples for laboratory tests.

• 8) May tend crusher that reduces size of coal.

• 9) May operate tugboat to move and position barges for unloading.

• 10) May read meters and record weight of coal in logbook.