A professional who feeds scrap paper or wood chips into beater tanks for grinding into furnish used in making paper, roofing felt, or related products. Respnsibilities include:

• Conveys bales of scrap paper, fillers, starch, and chemicals to beater room, using forklift truck or handtruck.
• Opens bales and dumps paper and fillers into beater tanks.
• Observes scrap paper and discards plastic or other insoluble items into trash bin.
• Stacks bales of scrap paper and sacks of chemicals onto conveyor of pulper machine, using forklift truck.
• Sweeps and cleans work area.
• May open valves to drain furnish from beater tanks into storage units.
• May clean equipment screens, blades, and interior surfaces, using brushes, broom, and cleaning solutions.