Job Description:

• 1) Tends vacuum tank that dries priming mixture, and dries and stores loaded cartridge primers and primed rim-fire cartridge cases: Transfers trays or boards filled with explosive primers or cases from loading room to steam-heated dryhouse, using shockproof cart.

• 2) Places filled trays in numbered racks or bins.

• 3) Reads gauges and turns valves to control temperature in dryhouse.

• 4) Collects primers and cases from storage to fill requisitions and keeps perpetual inventory.

• 5) Loads primers on screen trays of vacuum tank and starts vacuum pump, steam heat, and fans that force-dry priming mixture when requisitions do not permit sufficient time for air drying.

• 6) May deliver primers and cases to production departments and record date, lot number, and grade.