Job Description:

• 1) Assembles boards, staves, and rods to form tanks: Arranges boards in shape of bottom and marks identification on each board to facilitate assembling.

• 2) Marks location of dowel holes in boards or staves and drills holes.

• 3) Drives croze of staves on bottoms with hammer until tank is completed.

• 4) Places and tightens washers, rods, and nuts on rectangular tanks to make boards secure.

• 5) Inspects tank for quality, smoothing uneven joints with drawknife.

• 6) Marks identification on staves and disassembles tanks to prepare them for shipment.

• 7) May place metal hoops around staves to withstand pressure.

• 8) May be designated according to shape or section of tank assembled as Circular-Tank Cooper; Rectangular-Tank Cooper; Tank-Bottom Assembler; Tank-Stave Assembler.