A professional who rakes or scrapes flue dust from converter flues or hoppers into larry cars or screw conveyors for shipment to furnaces.

• Breaks up packed dust with bar or pole, and hammers sides of hopper with mallet or bar to dislodge contents.
• May drive larry car to furnace, and dump load into furnace.
• May scrape dust into collecting hoppers.
• May measure depth of dust in flue, using sounding chain.