Job Description:

• 1) Tends one or more tumbling barrels that smooth, polish, and clean articles, such as castings, tools, metal parts, jewelry, or porcelain ware: Loads tumbler with parts and specified amounts of cleaning compound or abrasive materials, such as pebbles, sand, shot, and sawdust, using shovel, hand scoop, or powered hoist.

• 2) May pour specified amount of liquids, such as water, benzene, or kerosene into tumbler.

• 3) Bolts cover and starts machine to rotate barrel and tumble parts for specified length of time.

• 4) Tips barrel to pour contents into container or unloads barrel manually.

• 5) Separates parts from abrasive materials or picks out parts, using hands or magnet.