Job Description:

• 1) Tends steam or gas-fired drum to dry grain or yeast: Starts dryer, turns steam valve, or lights gas burner and observes thermometers and pressure gauges to heat dryer to operating temperatures.

• 2) Opens valve or starts screw conveyor and vacuum pump to convey wet grain through heated drum and into discharge hopper.

• 3) Observes feeder gauge and turns valve or moves rheostat lever to adjust flow of yeast or grain to capacity of dryer.

• 4) Feels dried grain or yeast to judge moisture content or measures with moisture meter.

• 5) Adjusts valves to vary heat of dryer and grain and yeast flow to change moisture content to specifications.

• 6) When drying grain, attaches cloth bag to discharge hopper.

• 7) Weighs filled bag and seams top of bag, using portable sewing machine.