According to Haruo TAKAHAMA who is from Echigo Toji, the order of positions in a kurabito career (in other words, the course of promotion to a toji) is fixed as follows: the first position is a tool washer, followed by a rice washer, a kama-ya, a sendo, a moto-ya, a koji-ya, a kashira, and a toji.
越後杜氏の高浜春男によれば、蔵人の仕事を受け持つ順序（裏返せば杜氏への出世の順序）は洗い場→洗米→釜屋→船頭→酛屋→麹屋→頭→杜氏となっている。