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A professional who measures quantity and temperature of whiskey in bottles as they are filled by bottle-filling machine. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes, at random, filled bottle of whiskey from conveyor, empties contents into graduated cylinder and records scale reading indicating fluid ounces.
* Inserts thermometer and hydrometer into cylinder to measure temperature and proof of whiskey and records results of test.
* Compares readings with charts indicating desired company standards to ensure that high quality of product is maintained during bottling process.
* Pours contents of cylinder back into bottle and places bottle on conveyor for labeling.
* Records size of bottle being filled, serial numbers, and brand of whiskey.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who weighs packaged cereal, feed, and flour products to verify weights and examines packages for adequacy of labeling, stamping, sewing, or sealing. Respnsibilities include:
* Records weights on report form.
* Tests scales for accuracy, using standard weights, and adjusts scales.
* Compares sample of mixed feed with standard sample to verify adequacy of mixing or pelletizing process.
* Obtains and labels samples of flour grades produced and delivers them to laboratory.
* May review laboratory analysis of flour samples.
* May verify production reports with report of quantity of packed products received in warehouse and trace reason for discrepancies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who weighs packaged cereal, feed, and flour products to verify weights and examines packages for adequacy of labeling, stamping, sewing, or sealing. Respnsibilities include:
* Records weights on report form.
* Tests scales for accuracy, using standard weights, and adjusts scales.
* Compares sample of mixed feed with standard sample to verify adequacy of mixing or pelletizing process.
* Obtains and labels samples of flour grades produced and delivers them to laboratory.
* May review laboratory analysis of flour samples.
* May verify production reports with report of quantity of packed products received in warehouse and trace reason for discrepancies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls steam-heated vats to heat and mix syrup ingredients, according to formula. Respnsibilities include:
* Computes and weighs specified amounts of ingredients, such as corn, beet, and cane syrups and flavoring, and directs syrup-mixer assistant to dump ingredients into mixing vats.
* Starts pumps and agitators to admit steam into heating coils and transfer ingredients to vat filled with measured amount of corn syrup.
* Reads thermometers and turns steam valve to maintain mixture at specified temperature.
* Collects sample of syrup and tests to determine specific gravity, using hydrometer.
* Starts pumps to transfer batch to storage tanks.
* Inspects vats after cleaning by syrup-mixer assistant to ensure that fermentable residue is removed.
* May clean vats.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who measures length of tips cut from tobacco leaves and records data pertaining to sample. Respnsibilities include:
* Gathers tip samples from conveyor belts and places samples in tip-length measuring boxes, according to length of tips.
* Counts tips of each length and records number and length.
* Submits tip-length report to supervisor at specified intervals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who measures length of tips cut from tobacco leaves and records data pertaining to sample. Respnsibilities include:
* Gathers tip samples from conveyor belts and places samples in tip-length measuring boxes, according to length of tips.
* Counts tips of each length and records number and length.
* Submits tip-length report to supervisor at specified intervals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates one or more continuous freezers and other equipment to freeze ice cream mix into semisolid consistency. Respnsibilities include:
* Weighs or measures powder and liquid ingredients, such as color, flavoring, or fruit puree, using graduate, and dumps ingredients into flavor vat.
* Starts agitator to blend contents.
* Starts pumps and turns valves to force mix into freezer barrels, admit refrigerant into freezer coils, and inject air into mix.
* Starts beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent adherence of mixture to barrel walls.
* Observes ammeter and pressure gauge and adjusts controls to obtain specified freezing temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
* Fills hopper of fruit feeder with candy bits, fruit, and nuts, using scoop, or pours syrups into holder of rippling pump.
* Sets controls according to freezer speed to feed or ripple ingredients evenly into ice cream expelled from freezer.
* Opens valve to transfer contents to filling machine that pumps ice cream into cartons, cups, and cones, or molds for pies, rolls, and tarts.
* Places novelty dies in filler head that separates flavors and forms center designs or rosettes in packaged product.
* Weighs package and adjusts freezer air valve or switch on filler head to obtain specified amount of product in each container.
* Assembles pipes, fittings, and equipment for operation, using wrench.
* Sprays equipment with sterilizing solution.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines and equipment to freeze, cut, harden, and wrap stickless ice cream novelties. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve and sets thermostat to circulate refrigerant and maintain specified temperature in hardening box.
* Inserts forming fixtures in nozzles of ice cream feedlines that extrude specified shape of ice cream ribbon for bar, doughnut, patty, or roll shaped novelty.
* Starts pumps and turns steam and water valves to fill and heat chocolate coating in enrobing tank to specified temperature.
* Starts machines that cut extruded ice cream ribbon into measured portions, deposit them on conveyor pallets moving through hardening box, and under chocolate coating spray, and envelope them in wrappers.
* Measures cut portions of ice cream, using gauge, and adjusts freezer air intake to obtain specified thickness of mixture.
* Observes fallen bars in hardening box or their position on pallets and turns controls to synchronize conveyor with freezer speed, and change hardening temperature or freezer pressure.
* Replaces wire over posts of cutter arm to repair broken cutter.
* Tends automatic wrapping machine.
* Brushes pallets, using bristle brush to remove frost.
* Cleans machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines and equipment to freeze, cut, harden, and wrap stickless ice cream novelties. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve and sets thermostat to circulate refrigerant and maintain specified temperature in hardening box.
* Inserts forming fixtures in nozzles of ice cream feedlines that extrude specified shape of ice cream ribbon for bar, doughnut, patty, or roll shaped novelty.
* Starts pumps and turns steam and water valves to fill and heat chocolate coating in enrobing tank to specified temperature.
* Starts machines that cut extruded ice cream ribbon into measured portions, deposit them on conveyor pallets moving through hardening box, and under chocolate coating spray, and envelope them in wrappers.
* Measures cut portions of ice cream, using gauge, and adjusts freezer air intake to obtain specified thickness of mixture.
* Observes fallen bars in hardening box or their position on pallets and turns controls to synchronize conveyor with freezer speed, and change hardening temperature or freezer pressure.
* Replaces wire over posts of cutter arm to repair broken cutter.
* Tends automatic wrapping machine.
* Brushes pallets, using bristle brush to remove frost.
* Cleans machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines and equipment to mold and freeze ice cream, fruit juice, or syrup stick novelties. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions molds on machine, using hoist or places mold pans on conveyor.
* Attaches single or double extrusion valves to filler head with handtools.
* Observes gauges, turns valves, and starts pumps, to regulate temperatures of solutions in brine, wash, rinse, and chocolate dip tanks, and pressure in pneumatic power lines.
* Places sticks in dispensers of inserting machine and positions sticks over mold.
* Loads bags or cartons into dispensers or wrapping paper onto spindle and adjusts guides and controls on packaging machine.
* Starts machines that freeze, coat, wrap, and eject novelties onto packing table.
* Inserts depth gauge into molds to measure fill and turns dial to obtain prescribed level.
* Weighs novelty and turns dial to adjust freezer speed or air intake to obtain specified thickness of mixture.
* Removes jammed sticks from dispensing slots, using pliers or picks.
Industry:Professional careers
