Job Description:

• 1) Operates filter presses to separate oil of paraffin distillate from paraffin wax: Installs filter plates, using handtools, and turns handwheel to adjust hydraulic ram pressure.

• 2) Turns valve to regulate flow of chilled distillate into filter plates.

• 3) Starts machine to activate hydraulic rams that squeeze oil from distillate as wax solidifies.

• 4) Observes oil pressed from filter plates, and adjusts ram pressure to extract maximum amount of oil from wax.

• 5) Scrapes accumulated wax from filter plates into spiral conveyor that carries it to melting pan.

• 6) Turns valve to regulate flow of steam into melting pan to heat wax.

• 7) Starts pump to return salvaged distillate from tank to filter press for reprocessing.

• 8) May be designated according to phase of processing as Leak Operator, Paraffin Plant; Press Operator, Paraffin Plant.