A professional who tends equipment that refines silver in electrolysis tank. Respnsibilities include:

• Suspends silver anodes contained in canvas bags, between stainless-steel cathodes held on rack.
• Aligns and spaces anodes to prevent dislodging by mechanical scrapers.
• Swabs cathodes with oil to facilitate removal of deposited silver.
• Lowers rack of electrodes into tank and fills tank with silver nitrate electrolyte.
• Connects and starts wooden scrapers that scrape deposited silver from cathode.
• Scrapes remaining silver from cathode with knife and opens bottom of rack to empty silver into box.
• Removes bags containing depleted anodes and black mud.
• Examines bags for holes and broken frames and replaces defective parts.
• May mix acid and silver to prepare electrolyte solution, following standard formula.