Profession clay products dry kiln operator
Clay products dry kiln operators manage drying tunnels that are meant for drying clay products prior to their treatment in kiln.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
Skills
- Manage waste
Manage or dispose of significant amounts of waste materials or hazardous materials. Ensure required licenses and permits are in place and reasonable management practices, industry standards, or commonly accepted farming practices followed.
- Follow production schedule
Follow production schedule taking into account all requirements, times and needs. This schedule outlines what individual commodities must be produced in each time period and encapsulates various concerns like production, staffing, inventory, etc. It is usually linked to manufacturing where the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. Utilise all the information in the actual implementation of the plan.
- Conform with production requirements
Conform with production requirements by reading the production schedule and adjusting temperature to the actual humidity, size and type of the products which will be dried.
- Operate drying blowers
Operate the portable air and heat blowers by placing them in the drying aisles in order to dry specific products.
- Optimise production processes parameters
Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.
- Tend drying tunnels
Tend the tunnels which are used to dry clay products such as bricks or roofing tiles prior to their further processing into the kiln.
- Monitor environmental parameters
Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.