Job Description:

• 1) Tends mixing tanks and cooling equipment that blend unslacked lime with molasses for extraction of sugar and monosodium glutamate: Turns valves and starts conveyor to fill cooler vat with specified amount of molasses and lime.

• 2) Starts agitator and cooling system.

• 3) Reads dials and gauges on panel control board to ascertain temperature, alkalinity, and density of mixture, and turns valves to obtain specified mixture.

• 4) Opens valves and starts pump to pump mixture to filter station.

• 5) Records data, such as volume of lime and molasses used, temperature, alkalinity, and density on report form.

• 6) May be designated according to machine operated as Vortex Operator.