Job Description:

• 1) Tends drum-drier that removes moisture from polyester chips prior to processing chips into synthetic fibers: Pushes button and turns lever to start and rotate drum-drier into position for loading.

• 2) Positions specified number of boxes of polyester chips on hydraulic loader, and pushes button to dump chips into loader bin.

• 3) Spreads chips evenly in bin while vacuum system sucks chips into drum-drier.

• 4) Presses button to rotate drum-drier for specified time to dry polyester chips.

• 5) Opens tops of portable storage bins, using wrench, positions bins underneath unloading spout of drum-drier, using forklift, and opens spout to fill bins with chips, using wrench.

• 6) Secures tops of bins, and attaches nozzles of nitrogen gas supply to filled bins to maintain chips moisture-free while in bins.

• 7) Transports bins to storage, using forklift; or places bins on elevator to raise bin to upper floor, removes top of chip silo, lowers bins into silo, using hoist, and opens valves on bins to empty chips into silo for further processing.

• 8) Obtains chip samples at specified times for chemical analysis.

• 9) Fills out inventory cards and attaches cards to side of bins.

• 10) Removes cards when emptying bins, and submits cards to supervisor.

• 11) Maintains log of drum-drier start-up times, type of chips loaded, and name for plant record.