Profession slate mixer

Slate mixers operate and maintain slate mixing machines that mix multicolored slate granules used for asphalt-coated roofing felt surfacing.

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

• Control slate chutes

  Control the slate chutes by adjusting the gates using the gauges.

• Monitor gauge

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

• 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.

• Keep records of work progress

  Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

• 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.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB