A professional who tends table-feeding equipment that regulates flow of finely ground iron ore, coke, and flue dust from storage bins onto sintering machine conveyors. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts table feeder and conveyor and adjusts rheostats to regulate speed of vibrating feeders.
• Moves controls to regulate opening of feed gate according to rate of flow of material onto conveyor.
• Observes equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Clears clogged chutes or feed gates, using bar and shovel.
• Fills sample box with material on conveyor, weighs sample, and records weight.
• Reads weightometer scale and records weights of material being processed.