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Bone-Char Operator

DOT Code: 553.686-010

Industry: chemical

Unloads furnace in which ground bones are charred to produce boneblack (animal charcoal): Opens and closes slide gate on bone-char furnace to fill bucket, mounted on dolly, with boneblack. Tilts bucket, assisted by other workers, to discharge contents onto cooling floor. Spreads boneblack over floor to cool, using rake. Shovels cooled boneblack onto conveyor for transfer to storage tanks. May sprinkle water onto material to facilitate cooling. May shovel ground bones into furnace or retort and dump charred product onto storage conveyor, using wheelbarrow, and be designated Retort Feeder, Ground Bone (chemical).

GOE: 06.04.19 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77