Job Description:

• 1) Controls open-fire or steam-jacketed kettles or batch or continuous pressure cookers to cook candy, gum, or other confectionery ingredients according to formula: Weighs or measures ingredients, such as sugar, corn syrup, butter, and gum base, and adds them to cooking utensil.

• 2) Starts agitators to mix ingredients.

• 3) Turns valve to admit steam and sets pressure gauge and thermostat to cook ingredients at specified temperature.

• 4) Feels batch for specified consistency and verifies percentage of sugar in syrup, using refractometer or hydrometer.

• 5) Adjusts steam valve and heating element accordingly.

• 6) Opens discharge valve and starts pump or tilts cooker or kettle to pour or dump confection into beaters or onto cooling belts or tables.

• 7) May partially cook batch in open kettle and pump it into pressure cooker.

• 8) May beat or knead confection to attain specified consistency, as determined by color and texture.

• 9) May shovel fondant into remelt kettles and add measured amounts of flavoring and coloring.

• 10) May be designated according to type of confectionery cooked as Bonbon-Cream Warmer; Crystal-Syrup Maker; Coconut Cooker; Fondant Cooker; Gum Maker; or equipment used as Vacuum-Cooker Operator.

• 11) May be designated: Icing Maker; King Maker; Marshmallow Maker.