Job Description:

• 1) Skims slag from surface of copper being refined in reverberatory furnace: Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to lower pan, and positions it in front of slag tapping hole.

• 2) Inserts wood pole through door in side of furnace, working pole back and forth to push slag toward front of furnace.

• 3) Drags slag from surface of copper into pan, using steel hoe.

• 4) Inserts compressed-air line through furnace opening, and turns valve to force air through molten metal to oxidize impurities.

• 5) May shovel coke over surface of skimmed metal to prevent excess oxidation.