A professional who controls gas-fired furnace that heats malt drying kilns. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes ignition switch and turns gas valve to light furnace.
• Observes temperature gauge or recording charts, and adjusts gas valves, dampers, and speeds of draft and exhaust fans to maintain specified temperature in kiln.
• May move levers that tip floor sections of kiln to drop dried malt into storage hopper.
• May open and control slide gate of storage hopper dispensing malt to cleaning machine.