Job Description:

• 1) Tends drum-type rotary driers and heating kilns, from central control station, to remove moisture from beet pulp and molasses mixture being processed into cattle fodder: Moves controls to admit fuel and air into kiln and ignite fire in kiln.

• 2) Adjusts controls to obtain specified temperature in drier drum.

• 3) Starts scrolls, elevators, and belt conveyors.

• 4) Observes panelboard gauges and automatic recorder readings and moves controls to regulate drier temperature and rotation speed of drier drum according to moisture content of pulp-molasses mixture.

• 5) Feels processed pulp to ensure that drying process meets specifications.

• 6) Takes readings from conveyor scale to ascertain tonnage of fodder produced.

• 7) Records production and operating data in station log.

• 8) Collects samples of cattle fodder produced for laboratory analysis.