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       CODE: 573.682-010 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): KILN BURNER (brick & tile) alternate titles: baker; burner
Controls periodic, field, or retort kilns to bake clay products, such as brick, sewer pipe, clay
refractories, and roofing tile: Opens fuel valves and lights gas or oil fire, using oil-soaked
stick. Seals kiln door with bricks and daubs brick with clay to prevent loss of heat, using trowel.
Observes thermometer and action of pyrometric cones through peepholes, or removes object from kiln
with tongs and examines object to determine rate of burning. Turns gas or oil valves and dampers to
adjust rate of burning or baking of objects. Closes fuel valves and fireboxes, opens kiln-crown
holes, and installs fans to cool objects. May be designated according to type of kiln operated as
Dry-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Field-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Retort-Kiln Burner (brick & tile);
or according to product burned as Brick-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Roofing-Tile Burner (brick &
tile).
GOE: 06.04.17 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 5 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 92923 Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, or Kettle Operators and Tenders
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