A professional who tends furnaces that convert litharge (yellow- or orange-colored monoxide) and lead tailings into red lead (lead oxide) for use in products, such as storage batteries, paints, and ceramics. Respnsibilities include:

• Ignites gas burners in furnace.
• Reads temperature gauge and adjusts controls to regulate flow of gas to maintain specified furnace temperature.
• Starts conveyor leading to furnace and dumps specified quantity of litharge or lead tailings onto conveyor.
• Starts furnace pan rotating to ensure uniform heating of material.
• Pulls lever to open door in bottom of furnace to drop powdered lead oxide onto conveyor leading to grinder.
• May test lead oxide, using beaker, acid, balance scale, and electric hotplate.