Job Description:

• 1) Controls mixing kettles to blend explosive ingredients and produce wet priming mixture used in rim-fire cartridges: Carries prescribed quantities of dry powder, ground glass, liquid gum, and other ingredients from storage house to control house.

• 2) Measures and mixes specified amounts of ingredients in rubber basin, using rubber spatula.

• 3) Carries initial mixture to isolated mixing house and scoops it into mixing machine.

• 4) Returns to control house and starts mixer, using switch on control panel.

• 5) Stops mixer at designated intervals to add ingredients and to examine mixture to detect degree of dryness, adding water as required to prevent ignition of mixture during blending.

• 6) Scoops blended mixture into rubber containers, marks boats with identifying data, and carries them to storage house.

• 7) Washes equipment and premises to prevent accumulation of explosive material.

• 8) May prepare ingredients for blending.