Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment to maintain specific gravity of starch suspensions emerging from filter machines and starch-flushing system, and transfers solution for conversion into sugar and glucose: Dips sample from breaker tank and tests for specific gravity, using hydrometer.

• 2) Turns valves to return suspension for reflushing if density does not meet standards.

• 3) Starts tank agitators to prevent starch from settling.

• 4) Turns valves and starts pumps to transfer solution to storage tanks.