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A professional who lifts green-clay products, such as brick, roofing tile, or quarry floor tile, from press-conveyor belt, and stacks them in specified pattern on kiln car, drier rack, or pallet.
* May press button to control movement of conveyor belt.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who places greenware and glazed ware on kiln conveyor for firing. Respnsibilities include:
* Arranges ware on metal or firebrick slab, using kiln furniture, such as saggers and setter pins, to separate and support ware during firing cycle.
* Places pyrometric cones, that bend at predetermined temperatures and indicate when desired heat in kiln is reached, on top of ware load.
* Turns handwheel to move hydraulic ram into contact with slab to convey ware load through kiln.
* Closes door of kiln.
* May be designated according to type of kiln loaded as bisque-kiln placer; glost-kiln placer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets greenware in piles with sand and clay between pieces to support and separate them during bisque-kiln firing by either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Throws refractory clay mixed with sand between each plate, and after pile is built up, fills in edges with refractory clay, packing and pressing it by hand.
* (2) Arranges ware in piles with sandy clay between layers.
* Fills in edges by setting pile on whirler which revolves it before spout forcing fine sand or refractory clay by gravity between plates.
* Inspects ware and rejects inferior pieces.
* May build up pile of greenware in saggers, sanding and packing it piece by piece.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists dry-kiln operator in drying clay products in tunnel. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions fans in drying areas to circulate heated air.
* Closes or opens tunnel room doors.
* Covers product with canvas or sacking.
* Floods aisles with water.
* Adjusts floor furnace to maintain specified temperature and circulation of heat.
* Examines products in tunnel for cracks or other defects.
* Patches damaged products with patching clay, using handtools.
* Brushes paint sealer or drying agent on product to retard evaporation.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans bottom of lime kilns and rubberized conveyors.
* Sweeps, stacks, and removes refuse, using brooms, brushes, and shovels and performs related tasks.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs routine tasks concerned with maintenance and repair of kilns under direction of such workers as kiln placers or bricklayers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs routine tasks concerned with maintenance and repair of kilns under direction of such workers as kiln placers or bricklayers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists kiln burner in baking clay products, such as tile, sewer pipe, brick, and refractories, in periodic or tunnel kilns. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes loaded kiln cars into kilns and driers, using hydraulic ram.
* Removes cars from kilns or driers, using car puller.
* Transports loaded or empty cars from kiln tracks to car siding, sorting, or storage area, using electric-transfer car.
* Lubricates kiln cars, using grease gun.
* Opens and closes kiln doors.
* Tears down kiln doors, using handtools and bars.
* Separates sand from finished mosaic tiles in saggers, using screening device.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who loads and moves clay products on kiln cars into kilns for burning. Respnsibilities include:
* Places setting rings on floor of kiln cars or periodic kiln according to setting pattern.
* Moves setting table in kiln and pushes loaded trailer into kiln.
* Carries defective or rejected pipe from kiln.
* Clips pipe on kiln cars to secure load.
* Stacks empty boards and pallets.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who loads and moves clay products on kiln cars into kilns for burning. Respnsibilities include:
* Places setting rings on floor of kiln cars or periodic kiln according to setting pattern.
* Moves setting table in kiln and pushes loaded trailer into kiln.
* Carries defective or rejected pipe from kiln.
* Clips pipe on kiln cars to secure load.
* Stacks empty boards and pallets.
Industry:Professional careers
