Job Description:

• 1) Tends hydraulic press that squeezes liquid from crystallized chemical products and compacts material to facilitate melting: Shovels crystallized material into basket of press and positions metal disks in layers throughout material in basket.

• 2) Moves levers to raise basket against plunger, squeezing liquid from crystals and compressing crystals into round, layer-like blocks.

• 3) Dumps blocks into heated tank and turns steam valves to melt blocks.

• 4) Starts pumps to transfer resulting liquid for further processing.