- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who operates machine that deposits measured amount of batter into baking pans as pans pass on conveyor. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps batter from mixing bowl into machine hopper, using hoist.
* Attaches depositing dies to machine and tightens, using wrench.
* Adjusts gauge on hopper to measure specified amount of batter.
* Weighs filled pans on balance scale to ensure conformity to standards.
* Removes filled pans from machine and places on racks.
* May be designated according to type of batter used as Cake-Batter Scaler (bakery products).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls battery of steam-jacketed kettles that cook ingredients for preparation of dog and cat foods. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps or pours premeasured amounts of water and ground meat into kettles.
* Starts agitator to mix ingredients.
* Opens steam valve and observes thermometer reading to heat contents and to maintain specified temperature.
* Dumps specified amounts of seasoning, chemical solution, and grain into mixture at designated intervals.
* Opens valves to allow mixtures to circulate through other kettles.
* Observes mixture for required viscosity and closes valves upon completion of cooking cycle.
* Starts pumps to transfer contents from kettles to tank of filling machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates equipment to mix and cook ingredients to produce flavoring extracts and syrup. Respnsibilities include:
* Scans formula sheet to determine proportion of ingredients required, such as sugar, water, and flavoring.
* Pushes buttons to admit automatically metered ingredients into blending tank and to activate mixer.
* Observes mixture to ensure that color and consistency conform to company specifications.
* Pushes buttons to pump mixture to cooking kettle.
* Opens valves to admit steam into pressure cooker to invert sugar, eliminate air, and sterilize syrup.
* Observes gauges and adjusts valves to regulate temperature and pressure while cooking mixture.
* Presses switch to activate paddles to stir mixture and prevent scorching.
* Tests batch to determine viscosity or specific gravity and sugar content, using viscometer, hydrometer, and refractometer.
* Presses switches to activate equipment to filter impurities and pump syrup into holding tanks.
* Maintains production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine that shapes and fries doughnuts. Respnsibilities include:
* Slides block of ejectors (cutters) into machine and tightens them, using wingnuts.
* Turns switch to heat frying tank to desired temperature.
* Mixes prepared ingredients with specified amount of water in mixing machine to form batter.
* Dumps batter into doughnut machine hopper, using chain hoist.
* Turns and adjusts valves to control air pressure for ejecting batter into frying tank and to regulate size of doughnuts, temperature and feed of grease, and speed of conveyor.
* Starts machine and observes color and verifies weight of doughnuts to ensure conformity to standards.
* Dismantles doughnut ejectors for cleaning.
* May melt and temper chocolate.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls gas-fired ovens to roast barley malt. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes temperature gauges, and turns gas valves and ignition switches to start and heat ovens to specified temperatures.
* Opens slide gate of hopper to dump malt into oven.
* Sets timer to control roasting cycle.
* Shuts off ovens and opens water valves to drench roasted malt at end of cycle.
* Dumps malt in cooler tubs and pushes to cleaning machine.
* Starts conveyor that lifts and dumps malt into cleaning machine.
* Opens gate and valves to drop malt into storage bins for bagging.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls retort chamber (steam pressure cooker) to cook canned foods according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes trucks or lowers baskets using hoist, or presses buttons to start conveyorized flow of canned foods into chamber of retort.
* Closes retort door or lid, and turns wheels or moves levers to seal chamber.
* Observes dials and thermometers, and turns valves to admit steam to retort, and control temperature, pressure, and cooking time.
* Turns valves to release steam and admit cooling water into chamber to prevent overcooking at end of cooking cycle.
* May open retort and move basket of canned food to cooling trough, using hoist.
* May record items such as retort number, can size and grade designation, cooking time, and number of pounds pressure on canning report.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mixes, forms, and fries dough to produce doughnuts, according to work order. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps prepared doughnut mix into mixing-machine bowl, adds water and dehydrated eggs, and starts mixer.
* Turns switch on heating unit of frying tank and sets thermostat at specified temperature.
* Dumps dough from mixing bowl into hopper of doughnut cutter.
* Sets lever to control amount of dough that doughnut cutter will portion to frying tank.
* Moves cutter machine back and forth over frying tank and depresses trigger to eject individual doughnuts into hot cooking oil.
* Turns doughnuts over in tank, using stick.
* Lifts wire tray of fried doughnuts from tank and places it in glazing tank.
* Slides trough containing glazing syrup over doughnuts.
* May glaze doughnuts, using hand dipper.
* May roll dough with rolling pin and form doughnuts with hand cutter.
* May lower wire tray of uncooked doughnuts into fryer, using hooks.
* May tend automatic equipment that mixes, cuts, and fries doughnuts.
* May weigh cut dough and fried doughnuts to verify weight specifications, and adjust controls of equipment accordingly when weights vary from standards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mixes and fries dough to prepare lumpia wrappers in establishment processing Philippine food specialties. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes premeasured ingredients by hand to prepare dough.
* Kneads dough to required consistency.
* Places griddle on stove to heat griddle.
* Shapes and spreads, by hand, specified amount of dough on heated griddle to cook and form lumpia wrappers.
* Removes cooked lumpia wrappers from griddle, using fingers, and stores wrappers for further processing or packaging.
* Periodically returns dough to freezer to maintain dough consistency.
* Cleans equipment and work area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends deep-fat cookers to fry meats, vegetables, or fish in cooking oil. Respnsibilities include:
* Empties containers or opens valves to fill cookers with oil.
* Sets thermostat to heat oil to specified temperature.
* Empties containers of meat, vegetable, or fish into metal basket and immerses basket into vat manually or by hoist.
* Sets timer.
* Observes color at end of frying time to determine conformity to standards and extends frying time accordingly.
* Removes basket from cooker, drains it, and dumps contents onto tray.
* May dip foods into batter or dye before frying.
* May specialize in a particular food product for canning or freezing or may fry variety of foods for immediate consumption.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends vacuum cooker and open kettle to cook fruit and berries preparatory to making jams and jellies. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes thermometer, turns rheostat and steam valve, or pushes switch or lights burner to heat vacuum cooker and open kettle to specified temperature.
* Turns valve to transfer contents of kettle into vacuum cooker.
* Observes refractometer on vacuum cooker to determine sugar content and adds ingredients according to formula.
* Places container under discharge outlet of distillation jacket of cooker to reclaim esters.
* Opens valve or starts pump to transfer contents of vacuum cooker to holding tank or filling machine.
Industry:Professional careers
