Job Description:

• 1) Tends power-driven pumps that transfer wort, beer, or liquefied yeast mixture to various sections of brewery: Receives signal from point of destination indicating time of fluid transfer.

• 2) Connects flexible hose and stationary lines to pumps and vessels containing specified fluid and notifies worker at destination point of line prior to transfer of fluid.

• 3) Turns valves and starts pump to admit and control flow of liquid through lines.

• 4) Collects random samples of fluid from vessels for laboratory testing, using beaker.

• 5) May tend automated equipment to transfer liquids through various processes.

• 6) May observe thermometers and turn valves to regulate flow of beer through refrigeration unit to maintain specified temperature of product.

• 7) May pump two or more varieties of beer into one tank to blend mixture.

• 8) May record types and amounts of beer pumped.

• 9) May clean pumps and lines by flushing with cleansing solutions and water.

• 10) May be designated according to plant location or product transferred as Bottle-House Pumper; Cellar Pumper; Wort Pumper; Yeast Pumper.