Job Description:

• 1) Screens and dries nitrocellulose to prepare it for use in making dynamite: Shovels nitrocellulose from drum onto nonsparking screen, using wooden shovel.

• 2) Rubs nitrocellulose through screen by hand to remove foreign material.

• 3) Spreads screened material on trays and places trays in drying chamber.

• 4) Starts blower and tests drying material periodically, using moisture meter, to ensure that moisture content of nitrocellulose meets specifications.

• 5) Scrapes dried material into fiber drums for delivery to dynamite mix house.