Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that automatically divide, round, proof, and shape dough into units of specified size and weight, according to work order, preparatory to baking: Presses buttons and turns dials or handcranks to start machines and to adjust capacity of dividing compartments and speed of feeding conveyor on dividing machine.

• 2) Weighs units of dough, using balance scale, and adjusts machine when units vary from standard.

• 3) Scoops flour or starch into sifters which automatically dust units of dough to prevent sticking.

• 4) Observes progress of units of dough through machines that automatically round, proof, and shape dough.

• 5) Turns rheostats to control speed of proofing and molding machine conveyors.

• 6) Inspects shaped units of dough as they are ejected into pans from molding machine and discards misshapen units.

• 7) May place dough in pans by hand, position pans in racks, and push racks to holding area for proofing.

• 8) May fill reservoir of automatic feeding device with seeds, such as sesame, caraway, and poppy seeds, when processing buns.

• 9) May be designated according to machine tended as Molding-Machine Operator.