A professional who tends oil-fired, rotary, magnetic drier that removes oil and iron from aluminum-scrap turnings. Respnsibilities include:

• Ignites burner, and adjusts mixture of oil and air to obtain desired temperature.
• Starts drier, and turns on current to remove iron magnetically.
• Signals workers to load scrap into drier, and regulates rate of feed in accordance with oil content of scrap.
• Places wheelbarrow at discharge end of drier to receive processed turnings.
• Weighs filled wheelbarrow, records weight, and dumps load onto pile.