- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who removes defective nuts and foreign matter from bulk nut meats. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes nut meats on conveyor belt, and picks out broken, shriveled, or wormy nuts and foreign matter, such as leaves and rocks.
* Places defective nuts and foreign matter into containers.
* May be designated according to kind of nut meat sorted as Almond Sorter; Peanut Sorter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who immerses nuts in hot water to soften shells to facilitate shelling process. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to fill vat or kettle with water.
* Starts heaters and sets temperature gauge to maintain required temperature.
* Places nuts, such as almonds, pecans, or walnuts, into wire basket, and lowers basket into vat of hot water, using hoist.
* Removes basket from vat after specified time.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who immerses nuts in hot water to soften shells to facilitate shelling process. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to fill vat or kettle with water.
* Starts heaters and sets temperature gauge to maintain required temperature.
* Places nuts, such as almonds, pecans, or walnuts, into wire basket, and lowers basket into vat of hot water, using hoist.
* Removes basket from vat after specified time.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects peeled potatoes, passing on conveyor belt.
* Picks out rotten potatoes.
* Cuts out unsuitable parts and halves over-sized potatoes, using knife.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects peeled potatoes, passing on conveyor belt.
* Picks out rotten potatoes.
* Cuts out unsuitable parts and halves over-sized potatoes, using knife.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who picks stems, stones, metal, or wood not eliminated by trash-picking machine from conveyor to prevent damage to beet knives.
* May trim tops from beets to prevent clogging of knives in slicers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares meat for use in making ground and smoked meat products, such as sausage and bologna. Respnsibilities include:
* Obtains specified meat from stock and carries to cutting table.
* Cuts and trims meat from bone and dices meat, using knife, cleaver, and bandsaw.
* Weighs meat on platform scale and places in tubs.
* Tags each tub for weight and contents.
* May grind meat.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who shakes hands of cured tobacco to separate, straighten, and expose leaves to air and remove dirt.
* Places loosened tobacco on table or conveyor for further processing.
* May be designated according to type of leaf processed as Frog Shaker; Wrapper Opener.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who flushes shaker tables and reel panels, using hose, to remove material that clogs mesh and prevents effective separation of starch from bran and gluten.
* Sponges and rinses back of fabric with detergent solution and water.
* Removes and installs repaired frames, using wrench and screwdriver, under direction of shaker repairer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cracks nuts, such as pecans, brazil nuts, and walnuts, using vise.
* Picks out nut meats and drops meat in container.
Industry:Professional careers
