Job Description:

• 1) Controls rotary type kilns and auxiliary equipment, such as conveyors, feeders, and dust collectors, to calcine chemicals, raw ground stone, gypsum, slate, or clay or cement slurry: Lights burners, starts equipment to feed materials, and moves controls to rotate kiln drum, start dust collecting mechanism, and regulate damper.

• 2) Observes color and shape of flame, monitors gauges, and moves controls to regulate feed of fuel to maintain specified temperature.

• 3) Records data, such as kiln temperature, fuel consumption, and power consumed.

• 4) Inspects kiln for accumulation of clinkers and deterioration of lining.

• 5) May fire tripod-mounted shotgun to blast clinkers from kiln wall.

• 6) May tend cooler mechanism.

• 7) May tend grinders and vibrating screens to pulverize and size product prior to calcining.