Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that melts and pours paraffin into cardboard tubes in manufacture of signal flares: Scans invoice to determine number of flares required.

• 2) Climbs ladder and dumps paraffin blocks into vat and activates heating element to melt paraffin.

• 3) Observes temperature gauge to determine when melting point is reached and looks into vat to verify liquid condition of paraffin.

• 4) Turns valve to allow gravity-fed liquid paraffin to flow into pressure vat.

• 5) Adjusts pressure vat controls to prescribed setting and flips switch to activate heating element.

• 6) Places flare tube in rack with open end up and examines closed end for openings.

• 7) Squeezes sealant into tubes to seal defective closed ends.

• 8) Positions racked tubes under spout and depresses treadle to fill tubes with specified amount of paraffin.

• 9) Advances each row of tubes under spout until all tubes are filled with paraffin.

• 10) Carries racked tubes to next work station.

• 11) Scrapes paraffin residue from worktable, using scraper.

• 12) Maintains production records.