| Job Title |
Tunnel-kiln Operator |
| Job Description |
Controls Preheating Chamber And Tunnel Kiln To Preheat And
Bake Clay Products, Such As Brick, Sewer Pipe, Mosaic Tile, And
Ceramic And Quarry Tile: Observes Color Of Fires And Reactions
Of Pyrometric Cones To Increases In Temperatures In Kiln And
Reads Gauges And Automatic Recording Instruments To Verify
Specified Temperatures In Kiln. Turns Fuel And Air Valves And
Opens Or Closes Dampers To Adjust Temperatures. Pulls Loaded
Kiln Car From Drier, Opens Preheater Doors, And Pushes Kiln Car
Into Preheater, Using Car Puller Or Transfer Car. Closes
Preheater Doors And Starts Mechanism That Pushes Car Through
Preheater. Pulls Loaded Kiln Cars From Preheating Chamber, Opens
Tunnel Kiln Doors, And Starts Mechanism That Pushes String Of
Cars Through Kiln. Removes Cars From Tunnel Kiln And Moves Them
To Sorting Area, Using Transfer Car. May Control Kiln Equipped
With Automatic Loading And Drawing Equipment. May Control Drying
Tunnel [dry-kiln Operator (brick & Tile) 573.362-010]. May
Control Tunnel Kiln Equipped With Preheating Chamber To Bake
Clay Products. May Be Designated According To Type Of Tile
Burned As Bisque-tile Burner (brick & Tile); Glost-tile Burner
(brick & Tile).
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