Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that casts concrete draintile or pipe by either of following methods: Positions metal mold specified for pipe size on floor stand of machine beneath core and spout.

• 2) Lowers core into mold and pulls overhead tamping bar into position in mold.

• 3) Starts machine to rotate mold and activate tamping bar.

• 4) Releases supply of wet concrete from hopper into mold.

• 5) Trowels concrete at top of filled mold to level off end of pipe.

• 6) Stops machine for removal of mold by PIPE STRIPPER.

• 7) Positions and bolts pallet rings specified for pipe size to turntable and bottom of feed table.

• 8) Positions and screws packer head on drive shaft.

• 9) Resets trip lever to adjust feed table height.

• 10) Starts machine which lowers packer head into mold and conveys supply of concrete to feed table.

• 11) Rakes concrete from feed table into mold as packer head rises and descends to tamp concrete in mold.

• 12) Steps on pedal to rotate turntable for automatic removal of filled mold and positioning of empty mold.

• 13) Feels concrete and signals worker to increase or decrease moisture of mixture.

• 14) May be designated according to type of product made as Drain-Tile Machine Operator; or according to type of machine tended as Packerhead-Machine Operator.