Job Description:

• 1) Operates conche machine to heat and agitate refined chocolate mass with cocoa butter to enrich color, flavor, and texture: Pumps specified amount of chocolate mixture into steam-heated stationary tank or rotary drum.

• 2) Meters out specified amount of such ingredients as cocoa butter or flavorings.

• 3) Turns steam valves and adjusts thermostat to heat contents of tank or drum to specified temperature.

• 4) Pushes lever to start agitators and rotate drum.

• 5) Pushes levers to change rate of agitation, drum rotation, and temperature, following specified time cycles.

• 6) Observes and tastes mixture to evaluate conformity to standard and sends sample to laboratory for analysis.

• 7) Adjusts temperature, agitation speed and timing cycle, and adds ingredients, such as cocoa butter and lecithin, according to laboratory findings.

• 8) Pumps mixture to storage tank.