A professional who tends equipment that cleans and dries metal cartridge parts. Respnsibilities include:

• Loads parts into hopper by hand or using hoist.
• Moves switches to start conveyor system and rotate open end tumbling barrels that remove oil, scale, and dirt from cartridge parts.
• Turns steam and water valves and reads gauges to regulate temperature and level of cleaning solutions in tanks and to regulate temperature in drying drum.
• Adds chemicals, such as acids and detergents, to maintain solutions at specified concentrations.
• Examines parts at ejection chute to ensure parts are cleaned and dried according to specifications.
• May operate electric tier-lift truck to position containers filled with parts on platform above feed hopper.
• May tumble parts in metal-drawing (lubricating) solution prior to drying process.