Job Description:

• 1) Tends filter machine to clarify and separate wort from mash: Observes pressure gauges and turns valves to permit and regulate flow of mash to filter.

• 2) Starts pump to recirculate wort through filter until sample reveals desired clarity.

• 3) Turns valve on signal from KETTLE OPERATOR to sparge mash residue with hot water to obtain maximum amount of wort.

• 4) Measures and records specific gravity of wort with hydrometer and tallies number of barrels obtained from mash.

• 5) Turns valve to allow flow of cold water to cool mash residue and filter.

• 6) May be designated according to type of filter equipment as Lautertub Tender.