Job Description:

• 1) Tends series of vibrating screens that separate crushed ore or stone according to size: Pushes controls to start screens vibrating and move ore on conveyors or belts.

• 2) Pulls levers to discharge crushed ore from conveyor or chute onto vibrating screens.

• 3) Clears screen holes clogged with oversize ore, using bar.

• 4) Removes clogged screens, using wrenches, and cleans them with compressed air.

• 5) May tend conveyor belts and process ore through crushers.

• 6) May obtain ore samples, using mechanical sampler, hand sieve, or splitter.

• 7) May tend screens that separate phosphate rock from matrix and be designated Feed-Preparation Operator.