Pellissippi State Community College

On-the-job Training

• Safety Principles
  • Understands and maintains a safe working environment
  • Identifies and reports hazards to the Journeyperson and other available supervisors
  • Inspects and reports on machines, equipment, tanks and containers for hazards, operating efficiency, malfunctions, wear or leaks
• Equipment Operations
  • Setups or adjusts equipment for processing, fermenting, or packaging wines
  • Setups or adjusts machine controls to regulate conditions (material flow, temperature, or pressure)
  • Starts pumps or other cellar equipment, then adjusts valves or controls to admit, drain, separate, mix, and transfer materials
  • Demonstrates an understanding of processes involved in filtration and clarification
• Sanitation Principles
  • Cleans or sterilizes tanks, barrels, and other cellar operations equipment, production areas, using hoses, brushes, scrapers, chemical solutions, or other means as directed
• Cellar Operations and Processes
  • Executes work orders and alerts supervisors to production issues
  • Measures or weighs materials to be added, mixed, transferred, stored, or processed Collects samples for laboratory analysis to verify qualities (clarity, consistency, sweetness, texture, and aroma)