Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment to germinate barley to make malt: Fills tank with water, weighs barley conveyed into beam scale hopper, and drops barley into tank to steep for predetermined period.

• 2) Starts conveyors to load rotating drums or compartments with steeped barley.

• 3) Regulates temperature and humidity in closed drums or open compartments to achieve maximum germination of barley.

• 4) Moves discharge chute to spread germinated barley evenly over kiln floor for drying.

• 5) Starts furnaces to heat kilns to specified temperature to dry malt.

• 6) Starts conveyors to move dried malt successively through cleaning, separating, and grading machines.