Job Description:

• 1) Tends one or more mixing machines that compound ground cork: Measures ingredients, such as glycerin, glue, resin, and ground cork, according to formula, and shovels or dumps them into machine hopper.

• 2) Starts machine and opens steam valve to heat and mix ingredients.

• 3) Observes gauges and adjusts steam and coolant valves to maintain specified temperature and attain standard mixture.

• 4) May set timer to stop machine automatically.

• 5) Drains sample of mixture from machine for laboratory analysis.

• 6) Starts conveyor or places bag over opening and pulls chain that opens chute and dumps mixture onto conveyor or into bag for transfer to storage bins.

• 7) Records operational data, such as yield, temperature, and time cycle.

• 8) May be designated according to type of product mixed as Mixing-Machine Tender, Cork Gasket; Mixing-Machine Tender, Cork Rod.