Job Description:

• 1) Records data pertaining to receiving, storing, and shipping of grain at grain elevators: Examines bin slips or track list to determine type, destination, and estimated weight of railroad car.

• 2) Signals workers to dump or load cars, using bell, light, or telephone.

• 3) Pulls lever to open slide gate on storage hopper to dump grain into scale hopper.

• 4) Weighs grain and inserts ticket into automatic recorder on scale that stamps weight on ticket.

• 5) Notifies government inspector to examine beam scale balance and stamped ticket.

• 6) Records weight, description, and destination of grain shipped and received.

• 7) Keeps charts indicating location and contents of storage tanks.

• 8) Assigns workers to jobs according to work schedules, and reviews timecards.

• 9) Grades and weighs grain samples, using hand graders and scales, and records results.

• 10) Reads thermometers on control panel to ascertain grain temperatures at various levels in storage tank.

• 11) May start conveyors, select flow pipes, set trippers, and select storage tanks to convey grain into storage or to loading department.