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Spout Worker

DOT Code: 514.667-018

Industry: smelt. & refin.

Directs pouring of slag from ladle through spout into reverberatory furnace used for smelting: Raises furnace door, using lever or air hoist. Guides Overhead Crane Operator (any industry) 921.663-010 by signal horn and lights in positioning ladle over spout and pouring slag. Sprays water on inner walls of spout to remove encrusted slag, or pries slag loose with iron bar. Shovels slag into car or furnace. Patches cracks in spout with moist clay, smoothing surface with hand or shovel. Scatters slurry of silica and clay evenly over inner surface of spout to decrease slag-crust during pouring operation. May guide Dinkey Operator (any industry) into position over furnace, using hand signals. May record amount of slag dumped into furnace on analysis sheet.

GOE: 06.04.10 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77