Job Description:

• 1) Operates machines and equipment to mold and freeze ice cream, fruit juice, or syrup stick novelties: Positions molds on machine, using hoist or places mold pans on conveyor.

• 2) Attaches single or double extrusion valves to filler head with handtools.

• 3) Observes gauges, turns valves, and starts pumps, to regulate temperatures of solutions in brine, wash, rinse, and chocolate dip tanks, and pressure in pneumatic power lines.

• 4) Places sticks in dispensers of inserting machine and positions sticks over mold.

• 5) Loads bags or cartons into dispensers or wrapping paper onto spindle and adjusts guides and controls on packaging machine.

• 6) Starts machines that freeze, coat, wrap, and eject novelties onto packing table.

• 7) Inserts depth gauge into molds to measure fill and turns dial to obtain prescribed level.

• 8) Weighs novelty and turns dial to adjust freezer speed or air intake to obtain specified thickness of mixture.

• 9) Removes jammed sticks from dispensing slots, using pliers or picks.