Job Description:

• 1) Tends series of dry-pans, screens, and conveyors that grind, sift, and convey dry clay to storage tanks: Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to load clay into hoppers of dry-pans.

• 2) Turns valves to feed water into pans.

• 3) Starts equipment that grinds and sifts clay.

• 4) Starts and regulates speed of conveyors and elevators to transport clay to storage tanks.

• 5) Removes rocks or other obstructions from dry-pans and screens, using pry bars and wire brushes.

• 6) Breaks up lumps of clay, using sledgehammer.

• 7) Observes panel lights for indications of equipment failures.

• 8) Adjusts, tightens, or replaces wire screens, using handtools.