Job Description:

• 1) Operates machine to coat continuous rolls of roofing felt with asphalt, colored slate granules, powdered mica, or tar, to make roll roofing or shingles: Threads felt through or around series of coating rollers.

• 2) Pulls felt through rollers and adjusts tension.

• 3) Sets machine controls to gradually increase speed of rollers to specified operating speeds, or pulls levers and turns valves and wheels to synchronize machine speed and flow of coating material.

• 4) Observes gauge and adjusts rheostat to regulate temperature of coating material in reservoir.

• 5) Examines felt as it emerges from rollers to ensure that coating material is applied according to specifications.

• 6) May feel moving felt to determine whether granules are being deposited uniformly and are adhering as specified.

• 7) May be designated according to type of coating applied as Coater, Asphalt; Coater, Slate.