Job Description:

• 1) Tends grain separating, washing, and scouring machines that remove foreign matter, such as dirt, smut, and rust, from grain preparatory to milling: Adjusts slides in bin spouts and starts elevators to route grain from storage bins to machines.

• 2) Turns valves to regulate water temperature and water level in washer, to adjust air suction to remove dust from separators, and to regulate flow of air through drier.

• 3) Turns wingnuts to adjust angle of separator screens, according to grain flow and amount of refuse.

• 4) Hooks bag under end of screen to catch refuse.

• 5) Starts machines to process grain and observes flow entering machines to prevent overloading.

• 6) Examines processed grain to verify cleanliness.

• 7) Pounds chutes with mallet to dislodge clogged grain.

• 8) May tend separating equipment only and be designated Separator Tender I.