Job Description:

• 1) Controls steam-heated vats to heat and mix syrup ingredients, according to formula: Computes and weighs specified amounts of ingredients, such as corn, beet, and cane syrups and flavoring, and directs SYRUP-MIXER ASSISTANT to dump ingredients into mixing vats.

• 2) Starts pumps and agitators to admit steam into heating coils and transfer ingredients to vat filled with measured amount of corn syrup.

• 3) Reads thermometers and turns steam valve to maintain mixture at specified temperature.

• 4) Collects sample of syrup and tests to determine specific gravity, using hydrometer.

• 5) Starts pumps to transfer batch to storage tanks.

• 6) Inspects vats after cleaning by SYRUP-MIXER ASSISTANT to ensure that fermentable residue is removed.

• 7) May clean vats.