Job Description:

• 1) Operates equipment to size and wash coal for shipment or further processing: Starts equipment, such as launders, tables, shakers, sizing screens, and conveyors.

• 2) Regulates flow of coal and water to separate coal from slate, rock, and other foreign material and transfers cleaned and sized coal to loading chutes or storage.

• 3) Observes equipment, gauges, and indicator lights and adjusts equipment to ensure maximum cleanliness of product.

• 4) May lubricate and repair equipment and replace parts, using handtools.

• 5) May test refuse samples to determine coal content, using scales to weigh material precipitated from sample by chemical reaction.