A professional who tends machine that reduces broke or dry pulp sheets to pulp or slurry for use in making paper, wallboard, or related products. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps broke or pulp sheets onto conveyor or into vat to fill pulper machine.
• Pushes buttons and turns valves to admit water, ink removing solution, and steam that softens material to specified consistency.
• Starts beating machine that reduces material to pulp.
• Observes and monitors material, dials, or charts to ensure specified consistency of pulp.
• Opens discharge gate or starts pump to dump or transport pulp to storage or to other processes.
• May catch pulp in broke boxes and push boxes to beater engines.
• May push cart loads of broke from paper machines to pulper.
• May be designated according to material reduced as Broke-Beater Tender; or according to type of machine used as Hydropulper (paper & pulp).