Job Description:

• 1) Tends vacuum cooker and open kettle to cook fruit and berries preparatory to making jams and jellies: Observes thermometer, turns rheostat and steam valve, or pushes switch or lights burner to heat vacuum cooker and open kettle to specified temperature.

• 2) Turns valve to transfer contents of kettle into vacuum cooker.

• 3) Observes refractometer on vacuum cooker to determine sugar content and adds ingredients according to formula.

• 4) Places container under discharge outlet of distillation jacket of cooker to reclaim esters.

• 5) Opens valve or starts pump to transfer contents of vacuum cooker to holding tank or filling machine.