A professional who tends machines that automatically divide, round, proof, and shape dough into units of specified size and weight, according to work order, preparatory to baking. Respnsibilities include:

• Presses buttons and turns dials or handcranks to start machines and to adjust capacity of dividing compartments and speed of feeding conveyor on dividing machine.
• Weighs units of dough, using balance scale, and adjusts machine when units vary from standard.
• Scoops flour or starch into sifters which automatically dust units of dough to prevent sticking.
• Observes progress of units of dough through machines that automatically round, proof, and shape dough.
• Turns rheostats to control speed of proofing and molding machine conveyors.
• Inspects shaped units of dough as they are ejected into pans from molding machine and discards misshapen units.
• May place dough in pans by hand, position pans in racks, and push racks to holding area for proofing.
• May fill reservoir of automatic feeding device with seeds, such as sesame, caraway, and poppy seeds, when processing buns.
• May be designated according to machine tended as Molding-Machine Operator.