Rice Milling Plant Operator

The curriculum covers the basic skills of workshop practice’s handling the tools, electrical technology including AC Motors, identification of paddy varieties and testing of paddy, practices of sun drying and mechanical drying of paddy, safe storage of paddy, husking of paddy, polishing of brown rice, grading of rice and finally developing good quality white milled rice and minimizing the milling loses.

6 Months

Middle

GTTC for Rice Milling & Processing, Muridke

On successful completion of this course, the trainee should be able to:

• Observe all safety precautions for personnel and equipment.
• Understand basic skills of tools needed for operations of a rice mill.
• Explain various varieties of paddy with special reference to basmati varieties and become competent to analyze samples.
• Understand best practices of drying paddy while retaining its quality and moisture level at milling stage including mechanical drying.
• Understand the Installation, dismantling, repairing, replacement of usable parts and adjusting of machines to best operational capabilities, thus ensuring:-
  • Maximum / complete cleaning of paddy at the pre-cleaner stage.
  • Minimum breakage and maximum rice husking at husking stage.
  • Nil to minimum blowing out of rice tips, broken, rice by husk blower.
  • Maximum separator output and least recycling of husk rice and broken.
  • Minimum breakage during the different polishing stages.
  • Nil or minimum broken rice in powder produced.
  • A continuous milling process to have lesser wastages and maximum output v/s energy consumption.
  • The level of polish and quality of output required.
  • The general operations of the electrical systems and accessories.
• Explain the process of locating and diagnosing faults effects, and related results of the same in the final product.