Monorail Blast Operator - (Attica, IN)

Summary: Operates equipment (including blast, fork truck, crane, and excavator) to clean dirt, scale, and core materials from steel castings with blasts of steel shot. Essential Duties and Assignments include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Loads and unloads casting safely and efficiently using a hoist and runner car. Safely and efficiently manually blasts castings to remove any burnt on sand, weld spatter or oxidized metal as well as polishes the surface to customer specifications using a hose that shoots steel shot at 100 psi. Starts up and shuts down the assigned room blast. Visually inspects castings to ensure sufficient cleanliness before unloading. Cleans shot from castings after blasting. Communicates to supervisor quality and equipment problems. Refills shot hopper daily or as needed. Checks dust collector and waste bins regularly and, when full, asks the fork truck driver to empty them. Measures shot mixture weekly using Spot Check Kit.