Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that mixes pickling solution for use in curing meats: Weighs specified amount of dry ingredients, such as phosphate and nitrate, on scale, according to written specifications.

• 2) Turns valve to fill vat of mixing machine with water, and dumps dry ingredients into vat.

• 3) Presses button to activate machine agitator that mixes ingredients and turns valve to admit brine solution into vat.

• 4) Tests mixed solution for saline content, using salinometer, and turns valve to stop flow of brine solution into vat when specified saline content is obtained.

• 5) Turns drain valve or presses pump button to drain or pump mixed pickling solution from vat into storage tank for use in curing process.

• 6) May turn steam valve to heat solution to specified temperature.

• 7) May weigh specified amounts of ingredients to prepare dry-cure mix and mix ingredients, using ladle or electric mixer.

• 8) May observe meat color to determine degree of cure.