Job Description:

• 1) Operates equipment to mix and cook ingredients to produce flavoring extracts and syrup: Scans formula sheet to determine proportion of ingredients required, such as sugar, water, and flavoring.

• 2) Pushes buttons to admit automatically metered ingredients into blending tank and to activate mixer.

• 3) Observes mixture to ensure that color and consistency conform to company specifications.

• 4) Pushes buttons to pump mixture to cooking kettle.

• 5) Opens valves to admit steam into pressure cooker to invert sugar, eliminate air, and sterilize syrup.

• 6) Observes gauges and adjusts valves to regulate temperature and pressure while cooking mixture.

• 7) Presses switch to activate paddles to stir mixture and prevent scorching.

• 8) Tests batch to determine viscosity or specific gravity and sugar content, using viscometer, hydrometer, and refractometer.

• 9) Presses switches to activate equipment to filter impurities and pump syrup into holding tanks.

• 10) Maintains production records.