Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that removes dirt and other foreign particles from salt prior to storage or processing into commercial products: Starts conveyor that transfers required quantity of salt into tank of water to prepare saline solution of specified density.

• 2) Turns valve to admit cleaning solution into machine.

• 3) Observes operation to detect equipment malfunction and to ensure that salt meets standards of cleanliness.

• 4) Pumps dirty solution into tank and adds soda ash and lime to cause dirt and foreign matter to precipitate and settle.

• 5) Draws sample of clean solution for laboratory analysis.

• 6) May be designated according to stage of treatment at which salt is cleaned as Salt Washer, Harvesting Station; Salt Washer, Processing Station.