A professional who tends machines that scald, remove feathers, singe, and wash slaughtered poultry preparatory to eviscerating and disjointing. Respnsibilities include:

• Adjusts clearance between revolving brushes of machine to achieve maximum feather removal without bruising or tearing skin of poultry.
• Scans poultry emerging from picking machines to determine if poultry are scalded to specifications and turns steam valves to increase or decrease temperature levels.