Job Description:

• 1) Operates one or more continuous freezers and other equipment to freeze ice cream mix into semisolid consistency: Weighs or measures powder and liquid ingredients, such as color, flavoring, or fruit puree, using graduate, and dumps ingredients into flavor vat.

• 2) Starts agitator to blend contents.

• 3) Starts pumps and turns valves to force mix into freezer barrels, admit refrigerant into freezer coils, and inject air into mix.

• 4) Starts beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent adherence of mixture to barrel walls.

• 5) Observes ammeter and pressure gauge and adjusts controls to obtain specified freezing temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.

• 6) Fills hopper of fruit feeder with candy bits, fruit, and nuts, using scoop, or pours syrups into holder of rippling pump.

• 7) Sets controls according to freezer speed to feed or ripple ingredients evenly into ice cream expelled from freezer.

• 8) Opens valve to transfer contents to filling machine that pumps ice cream into cartons, cups, and cones, or molds for pies, rolls, and tarts.

• 9) Places novelty dies in filler head that separates flavors and forms center designs or rosettes in packaged product.

• 10) Weighs package and adjusts freezer air valve or switch on filler head to obtain specified amount of product in each container.

• 11) Assembles pipes, fittings, and equipment for operation, using wrench.

• 12) Sprays equipment with sterilizing solution.