Job Description:

• 1) Operates one or more hydraulic cocoa presses that remove specified amounts of cocoa butter from chocolate liquor: Starts pump to remove liquor from storage to steam-heated tanks.

• 2) Observes thermometers and sets thermostat to heat liquor to specified temperature.

• 3) Sets pressure gauge and stroke of ram on cocoa press, according to specifications, using handtools.

• 4) Starts press to activate ram that automatically fills pots with chocolate liquor, extrudes specified amounts of cocoa butter into holding tank, and ejects cocoa cakes onto conveyor.

• 5) Records weight of cocoa butter as indicated on scale-equipped holding tank.

• 6) May start pump to move cocoa butter into storage tank through filters or centrifugal separator to remove cocoa residue.

• 7) May fill pots, remove and stack cocoa cakes, and install steel and fiber separator pads by hand when machine is nonautomatic.