Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that removes from cocoa beans, such foreign materials as stones, string and dirt: Selects bags of cocoa beans, according to instructions and transfers them to hopper of machine, using handtruck; or presses button to start conveyors that move beans from silo to hopper.

• 2) Opens bags with knife and dumps beans into machine hopper.

• 3) Positions conveyor spout to direct cleaned beans to specified silo for storage.

• 4) Starts conveyors and machine that carry beans through air-cleaning system to remove foreign matter.

• 5) Observes cleaning process to detect machine malfunction or material overflow.

• 6) Removes and stacks sacks of dirt from discharge spout of air-cleaning system.

• 7) Examines silo to verify conveyance of specified type of bean.