| Job Title |
Dump Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Mechanical Or Electrical Dumping Equipment To Dump
Materials, Such As Grain, Raw Materials, Coal, Or Ore, From Mine
Cars, Railroad Cars, Or Trucks Into Bins Or Onto Conveyor For
Storage, Reloading, Or Further Processing, Using Either Of
Following Methods: (1) Observes That Car Or Truck Is Spotted
Accurately On Bed Of Rotary Dump. Moves Controls To Secure
Clamps Over Couplings That Hold Car While Being Tipped. Starts
Motor Or Pulls Lever That Tips Car And Dumps Contents. Releases
Clamps To Remove Car. (2) Opens Bottom Or Side Doors Of Car Or
Truck Spotted Over Gravity Dump. Moves Controls To Lower Car
Shakeout Device Into Car And To Start Vibration That Loosens
Remaining Coal Or Ore. May Hook Winch Cables To Cars To Draw
Them Onto Dumping Bed. May Couple And Uncouple Cars. May Be
Required To Maintain Records Of Unloading Operations. May Be
Designated According To Type Of Equipment Tended As Car-shakeout
Operator (cement; Mine & Quarry); Rotary-dump Operator (mine &
Quarry; Steel & Rel.); Or According To Material Unloaded As
Grain Unloader, Machine (grain-feed Mills).
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