Profession dry press operator

Dry press operators press dry tempered clay or silica into bricks and other shapes. They select and fix the pressing dies, using rule and wenches. Dry press operators remove the bricks from the press machine and stack them in a specified pattern on the kiln car.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Skills

• Optimise production processes parameters

  Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.

• Use wrenches

  Use spanners to adjust machinery and equipment.

• Tend dry-press

  Tend the dry-press machines used to transform clay or silica into bricks.

• Measure materials

  Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.

• Transfer bricks

  Transfer bricks from the dry-press to the kiln car, stacking them according to specifications.

• Monitor gauge

  Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.

• Replace die

  Evaluate if a replacement of the die of a machine is deemed beneficial and take the necessary actions for replacing it either manually (depending on its size, by the use of a manual lifting tackle) or mechanically.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB