- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machines that automatically deposit and bake batter in molds to form wafers. Respnsibilities include:
* Lights gas burners to heat baking molds.
* Fills hopper of machine with batter.
* Starts machine and turns setscrew to regulate amount of batter deposited in mold.
* Turns thermostat to adjust temperature of baking molds.
* Observes color of baked wafers being ejected onto conveyor to detect defects.
* May be designated according to type of wafer made as Sugar-Wafer-Machine Operator (bakery products).
* May tend machine that also rolls batter into shape of cones prior to baking and be designated Cone Baker, Machine (bakery products).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic reel or conveyor type oven that bakes bread, pastries, and other bakery products. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work order to determine quantity and type products to be baked.
* Turns dials and valves to set operation speed of conveyor, baking time, and temperature controls of baking unit.
* Presses buttons to start equipment, and observes gauges to maintain heat according to specifications.
* Observes filled baking pans entering oven to determine whether pans are filled to standard, spacing between pans is sufficient to prevent pans jamming together, and speed of pans entering oven is specified speed to control baking time of product in oven.
* Observes color of baking product to detect burning or over baking and to verify uniformity of finished products.
* Adjusts controls according to procedure or notifies supervisor when conditions require equipment adjustments.
* May load and unload ovens.
* May be designated according to type of oven controlled as Conveyorized Oven Tender (bakery products); Reel Oven Tender (bakery products).
* May tend mixing machine and auxiliary equipment that automatically mixes, shapes, and bakes batter to form fortune cookies and be designated Fortune Cookie Maker (bakery products).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic reel or conveyor type oven that bakes bread, pastries, and other bakery products. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work order to determine quantity and type products to be baked.
* Turns dials and valves to set operation speed of conveyor, baking time, and temperature controls of baking unit.
* Presses buttons to start equipment, and observes gauges to maintain heat according to specifications.
* Observes filled baking pans entering oven to determine whether pans are filled to standard, spacing between pans is sufficient to prevent pans jamming together, and speed of pans entering oven is specified speed to control baking time of product in oven.
* Observes color of baking product to detect burning or over baking and to verify uniformity of finished products.
* Adjusts controls according to procedure or notifies supervisor when conditions require equipment adjustments.
* May load and unload ovens.
* May be designated according to type of oven controlled as Conveyorized Oven Tender (bakery products); Reel Oven Tender (bakery products).
* May tend mixing machine and auxiliary equipment that automatically mixes, shapes, and bakes batter to form fortune cookies and be designated Fortune Cookie Maker (bakery products).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who observes potato chips on conveyor and removes chips that are burned, discolored, or broken.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in cooking, forming, coating, wrapping, and packing candy. Respnsibilities include:
* Trains workers in setting up and operating machines, such as depositors, enrobers, and cutters.
* Inspects candy to verify specified size, shape, solidification, gloss, and weight.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May be designated according to operation as Supervisor, Enrobing; or type of candy as Supervisor, Hard Candy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in producing and packaging chocolate and cocoa products. Respnsibilities include:
* Designates quantities and types of beans to clean, roast, blend, alkalize, and grind to make chocolate liquor.
* Indicates time sequence, quantity, type of chocolate liquor, and formulas to use to make cocoa and coatings.
* Trains workers in setting up and adjusting machines and equipment to achieve standards and correct malfunctions.
* Reviews laboratory reports on quality control of products in process, such as shell content of nibs, fat content of cocoa powder, viscosity of coatings, and moisture content of alkalized beans.
* Reads thermometers and pressure gauges on storage tanks and pipelines to verify specified temperature of liquids to prevent solidification.
* Oversees roasting of cocoa beans for adherence to flavor, taste, moisture content, and color standards.
* Inspects nibs for shell content and fineness of cracking.
* Inspects grinding of nibs for specified fineness of chocolate liquor.
* Tests liquor for fineness.
* Directs mixing, refining, tempering, conching, and molding operations to make sweet chocolate and coatings.
* Inspects products for specified viscosity, texture, color, and taste.
* Directs workers engaged in insect and rodent control and in cleaning production and storage areas.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in grinding, blending, roasting, and packaging of coffee.
* Requisitions supplies.
* Sets up machines, such as grinders and filling machines.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in filtering, clarifying, and storing sugar liquors, slurries, and sweetwaters.
* Observes automatic recording devices to verify specified temperature, density and alkalinity of liquors, slurries, and sweetwaters.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in cracking, sorting, blanching, cutting, grinding, roasting, packing, and shipping nuts. Respnsibilities include:
* Sets up and repairs nut-processing machines, such as nut-cracking machine, meat grading machine, or nut-cutting machines.
* Observes operation of machines to detect malfunctions or to detect worn parts.
* Inspects nuts to verify conformance with plant standards.
* May install and service showcases in retail stores to display nut products.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of pulp-house workers engaged in processing sugar-beet pulp into cattle fodder. Respnsibilities include:
* Consults with supervisor, beet end to ascertain tonnage of beets being processed, and schedules number of driers and presses required to handle pulp.
* Adjusts automatic presses to press water from pulp.
* Moves controls to start equipment, such as elevators, scrolls, and conveyors, and to regulate flow of molasses into mingler scroll.
* Observes gauges and automatic recorders to verify specified temperatures in driers.
* Directs workers in clearing blockades and cleaning spillages.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
