A professional who tends equipment that applies coating to agricultural seeds and separates coated seeds according to size specifications to allow for uniform planting. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps seeds into rotary drum and presses buttons to start drum rotation.
• Adds water, powder, and glue for specified period, using spray guns and scoop and following work order specifications.
• Stops drum and scoops coated seeds (pellets) from drum, dumps pellets into electric sizing mill or onto manual sizing screen to remove undersized pellets.
• Returns undersized pellets to drums for additional coating.
• Dumps and spreads pellets on trays in drying tunnel for drying.
• Repeats sizing procedure for dried pellets to ensure that pellets meet sizing specifications.
• Fills pails with pellets specified on shipping order, using scoop, covers pails with lids, and places pails on pallet for shipment.
• Cleans interior and exterior of drums and work area, using brushes, rags, mop, detergent, and water.