Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of machines that grind and filter copra into coconut oil and meal: Turns valves to regulate flow of steam that heats crushing machine to specified temperature.

• 2) Starts conveyors, crushing machines, and expeller and signals worker to start feeding copra into feed hoppers.

• 3) Feels ground copra to ensure that texture conforms to specifications.

• 4) Observes oil flowing from expeller for presence of excess solids, and feels coconut meal to determine if meal contains excessive oil.

• 5) Observes gauges and clarity of oil leaving filter presses to determine if pressure inside filters is within specified limits.

• 6) Transfers oil to standby filter presses when clarity or pressure deviates from prescribed standards.

• 7) Records oil and meal production in log.