A professional who tends machine and ovens to mix and dry ingredients used to fabricate carbide cutting-tool inserts, following work orders and charts. Respnsibilities include:

• Reads work order to determine amount and grade of carbide specified.
• Computes amounts of ingredients required, using charts.
• Scoops ingredients from canisters, and weighs ingredients on scale to obtain specified amounts.
• Pours ingredients into cylindrical-tumbler mixing machine, starts tumbler, and stops it after specified time.
• Pours mixed ingredients into pans, and places them in decarbonizing oven to dry and burn off impurities.
• Removes pans from oven, adds other ingredients, and sifts mixture through screen to obtain powder of even consistency.
• Cleans equipment after each batch.