A professional who tends series of dry-pans, screens, and conveyors that grind, sift, and convey dry clay to storage tanks. Respnsibilities include:

• Signals overhead crane operator to load clay into hoppers of dry-pans.
• Turns valves to feed water into pans.
• Starts equipment that grinds and sifts clay.
• Starts and regulates speed of conveyors and elevators to transport clay to storage tanks.
• Removes rocks or other obstructions from dry-pans and screens, using pry bars and wire brushes.
• Breaks up lumps of clay, using sledgehammer.
• Observes panel lights for indications of equipment failures.
• Adjusts, tightens, or replaces wire screens, using handtools.