| Job Title |
Thickener Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Thickeners That Separate Waste Solids From Ore Solutions
Or Water, Preparatory To Recovery Of Metal Or Disposal Of Waste:
Turns Valves To Regulate Flow Of Mixture Into Thickeners.
Inserts Indicator Into Mixture To Measure Sludge Level. Observes
Operation Of Equipment, Overflow Of Concentrated Metal Solution,
And Flow Of Sludge From Tank. Breaks Up Sedimentation In Troughs
With Wooden Paddle. Prepares Sample Of Sludge For Chemical
Analysis By Weighing Sample, Adding Acid To Facilitate Settling
Of Solids, And Reducing Amount Of Sample To Desired Proportion
In Splitter. May Titrate Sample And Compare Resultant Color With
Standard Chart To Test Overflow Solution For Metallic Content.
May Add Chemicals To Soften Water In Tanks. May Fill Out Forms
For Scale Readings And Details Of Malfunctions. May Be
Designated According To Kind Of Materials Separated As Red-mud
Thickener Operator (smelt. & Refin.); Tailing-thickener Operator
(smelt. & Refin.).
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