Job Description:

• 1) Places greenware and glazed ware on kiln conveyor for firing: Arranges ware on metal or firebrick slab, using kiln furniture, such as saggers and setter pins, to separate and support ware during firing cycle.

• 2) Places pyrometric cones, that bend at predetermined temperatures and indicate when desired heat in kiln is reached, on top of ware load.

• 3) Turns handwheel to move hydraulic ram into contact with slab to convey ware load through kiln.

• 4) Closes door of kiln.

• 5) May be designated according to type of kiln loaded as Bisque-Kiln Placer; Glost-Kiln Placer.