Job Description:

• 1) Operates panelboard to control pneumatic conveyor system that transfers flour from railroad cars, through blending, sifting, and weighing units to storage bins for subsequent processing into macaroni products: Opens hatch of railroad hopper car to admit air, and connects pneumatic hose to car outlet and to intake pipe of specified bin.

• 2) Sets timing devices, turns switches, and pushes buttons on panelboard to start and control movement of material through specified processing units to storage bins.

• 3) Observes lights on board to follow progress of material, or to detect need for changing or bypassing operations.

• 4) Diverts material flow by pressing button governing specific bin or processing unit.

• 5) Records car number, weight, and type of material in car, name of sender, and location of material in storage bin or unit.

• 6) Operates pneumatic air compressor in conjunction with panelboard, to transfer and distribute flour.

• 7) May dump bags of special flour into hopper for distribution through processing units.