- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who controls semiautomatic refinery equipment to convert starch into liquid sugars and concentrate sugars to specific density. Respnsibilities include:
* Controls pumps and flow of materials through converters, neutralizers, and evaporators, as instructed.
* Operates equipment manually during breakdowns.
* Observes instruments to detect equipment malfunctions and reports readings to refinery operator.
* Observes equipment to detect and correct fluid leakage or spillage.
* Tests sample of product to verify specific gravity, acid strength, and filtration, using hydrometer and other standard test equipment.
* Adds acids or alkalies to neutralize converted sugar liquors, and verifies concentration, using pH meter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment to regulate flow of liquor (sugar solution) from char filters to receiving tanks, as scheduled. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens valves and starts pumps to maintain flow of liquor into specified storage tank.
* Places weir box (flow box) under outlet pipe from filter with flow box outlet over gutter leading to tank inlet.
* Changes position of weir, in accordance with notices from char-filter operator, as prescribed by schedules, or when tests of salt content, densities, and purities indicate change in quality of liquor.
* Regulates flow of soft liquor bypass to attain specified color and purity of soft-sugar liquor (brown sugar).
* Records hourly readings of soft-liquor flow and purities.
* Directs liquor-bridge-operator helper in regulating flow and routing of sweetwater and wash waters from char filters.
* Keeps record of filter operations.
* Takes samples of liquors for laboratory analysis.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends filter machine to clarify and separate wort from mash. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes pressure gauges and turns valves to permit and regulate flow of mash to filter.
* Starts pump to recirculate wort through filter until sample reveals desired clarity.
* Turns valve on signal from kettle operator to sparge (sprinkle) mash residue with hot water to obtain maximum amount of wort.
* Measures and records specific gravity of wort with hydrometer and tallies number of barrels obtained from mash.
* Turns valve to allow flow of cold water to cool mash residue and filter.
* May be designated according to type of filter equipment as Lautertub Tender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends centrifuging and screening equipment that separate brown sugar crystals from syrup and sifts crystals to obtain powdered sugar. Respnsibilities include:
* Sets spinning, washing, and steam cycles on automatic centrifuges, and resets cycles as necessary to attain specified color and quality of sugar.
* Turns valves to regulate temperature and levels in mixers, surge hoppers, and supply bins.
* Gives directions to workers packing sugar in bulk bags.
* Ensures that containers are weighed, coded, and sealed according to specifications.
* Keeps production records, and prepares reports as specified.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates silica-filtering machine to remove protein and yeast particles from beer. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions filter screens between frames and lowers screens into filter tank, using power winch.
* Fills mixing tank with specified amounts of silica and water.
* Starts agitator that mixes water and silica, and starts pump to transfer mixture into filter tank and coat screens.
* Turns calibrated carbon dioxide air valve to pressurize tank.
* Starts pump that transfers beer from storage tank through filter screens to strain protein and yeast particles from beer.
* Drains off sample of beer and examines it for clarity.
* Starts pump to transfer filtered beer to bottle-house storage tank or to lager cellars for carbonation.
* Removes screens from tank, using power winch, and rinses screens with water, using hose.
* Records number of barrels and type of beer filtered on production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates silica-filtering machine to remove protein and yeast particles from beer. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions filter screens between frames and lowers screens into filter tank, using power winch.
* Fills mixing tank with specified amounts of silica and water.
* Starts agitator that mixes water and silica, and starts pump to transfer mixture into filter tank and coat screens.
* Turns calibrated carbon dioxide air valve to pressurize tank.
* Starts pump that transfers beer from storage tank through filter screens to strain protein and yeast particles from beer.
* Drains off sample of beer and examines it for clarity.
* Starts pump to transfer filtered beer to bottle-house storage tank or to lager cellars for carbonation.
* Removes screens from tank, using power winch, and rinses screens with water, using hose.
* Records number of barrels and type of beer filtered on production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends battery of automatic batch-type, recycling centrifugals that separate sugar crystals from mother liquor (syrup). Respnsibilities include:
* Sets timing of cycles on control board, according to type and consistency of syrup being processed.
* Turns switches on control panel to start centrifugals and regulate flow of solution.
* Observes colored panel lights, dials, and continuous graphs, and adjusts controls to maintain specified temperature, pressure, and cycling and recycling operations.
* Adjusts timers or controls as necessary to obtain specified operating conditions.
* Observes progress of solution through loading, washing, spin drying, and dumping processes to detect faulty operation of equipment.
* Records operational data.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends powder-mill pulverizer that grinds granular sugar into fondant or powdered sugar. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts powder mill, conveyors, dust collectors, and humidifying equipment to ready station for operations.
* Opens valves to admit and regulate flow of sugar into pulverizer.
* Adjusts controls to compensate for changes and fluctuations in production.
* Dissolves specified amounts of sugar in water and spins solution in centrifugal device to determine starch percentage.
* Regulates starch flow to bring percentage within specified limits and prevent powder from caking.
* Dissolves other samples to test them for grist.
* Cleans dust lines, scrolls, and chutes and clears hopper and elevator blockades.
* Observes dials and gauges to ascertain that grinders are not overloaded or overheated.
* Inspects chains, belts, and scrolls for signs of wear.
* Keeps records of tests and production.
* May be designated according to type of sugar pulverized as Powdered-Sugar-Pulverizer Operator; or equipment operated as Fondant-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates fuss and impact mills to crack and grind steeped or degerminated grain, such as corn or milo, to facilitate separation of starch, bran, and gluten. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels and moves levers to regulate pinch of buhrs and to control flow of grain through gates.
* Opens valve to start flow of liquid starch into mill to flush buhrs.
* Feels ground grain to ascertain if specified degree of fineness is attained.
* Signals millhouse workers to ensure continuous flow of materials to and from grinding mill.
* May disassemble mill to install new buhrs, using wrenches and hoist.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends char filter tanks that remove undesirable colloids from glucose and corn syrup. Respnsibilities include:
* Signals filter-tank-tender helper, head to fill tanks with char (activated carbon) and turn valves to start flow of syrup from storage.
* Couples flexible pipe to filters to transfer solution to and from filters, or signals filter-tank-tender helper, head to couple pipe.
* Collects sample of solution to examine color and measure density, using hydrometer.
* Reads thermometers and directs workers to turn steam valves to maintain specified temperature.
* Directs workers engaged in washing activated carbon and informs char puller when to remove char.
Industry:Professional careers
