Washeryman

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006522",
  "term": "Washeryman",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A worker at a mine's processing plant who operates the equipment used to clean and separate extracted ore or coal from waste rock and impurities. The duties involved managing the flow of water and materials through jigs, classifiers, or dense-medium separation circuits to produce a marketable concentrate. This position required careful attention to the specific gravity of the materials and the efficiency of the separation process.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Wäscher",
    "es": "lavador",
    "fr": "laveur"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/washeryman/"
}