Job Description:

• 1) Operates centrifugal separator, pressure cooker, drum drier, hammer mill, and air separator to process Irish moss into powdered stabilizer used in food processing: Pumps boiled mixture from holding tank into centrifugal separator and starts machine to separate moss from mixture.

• 2) Pumps mixture from centrifuge to pressure cooker.

• 3) Weighs out and adds specified amounts of powdered ingredients.

• 4) Turns steam valve and observes pressure gauges on pressure cooker to cook mixture for specified time.

• 5) Pumps mixture to drier and turns valve to heat drier to prescribed temperature and reduce product to solid form.

• 6) Starts screw conveyor to carry mixture out of drier through hammer mill and air separator to pulverize and deposit product in containers for storage.

• 7) May draw sample of product and perform tests, using meters, or submit sample for testing.