Profession slate mixer
Slate mixers operate and maintain slate mixing machines that mix multicolored slate granules used for asphalt-coated roofing felt surfacing.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
Knowledge
- Personal protective equipment
Types of protective materials and equipment foreseen for various types of tasks such as general or specialised cleaning activities.
Skills
- Prepare chemical samples
Prepare the specific samples such as gas, liquid or solid samples in order for them to be ready for analysis, labeling and storing samples according to specifications.
- Tend discharge conveyor
Operate and monitor the equipment used to move bulk material, such as blended granules, from one place to another.
- Use personal protection equipment
Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.
- Feed the slate mixer
Feed the mixer conveyor with the specified amounts and colors of slate granules by pulling the levers which allow depositing materials.
- Control slate chutes
Control the slate chutes by adjusting the gates using the gauges.