A professional who cleans tanks, vats, kettles, and chutes, used in production of paint products. Respnsibilities include:

• Disconnects pipelines and locks safety devices on agitator switch.
• Enters tanks and examines condition of interior to determine cleaning method.
• Connects air-compressor hoses to portable pneumatic chisel and forced-air ventilating equipment.
• Starts portable electric pump to draw residual liquid from tank.
• Chips and scrapes caked material from walls, ceiling, agitator, and floor surfaces, using pneumatic chisel or hand scrapers.
• Shovels scrapings into container and removes container from tank, using hoist.
• Dumps scrapings into disposal drum and carts drum to refuse area.
• Scrubs tank surfaces, using brush, water, and solvent.
• May presoak tank with caustic solution.
• May haul kettles and chutes to burning area and burn off inflammable residue in vessels.