Job Description:

• 1) Operates battery of agitator-equipped tanks to blend base perfume fragrances for use in items, such as soaps, perfumes, and insecticides: Rolls drums or trays of solid material into heating chamber to melt and prepare for bulking.

• 2) Sets thermostat to prescribed temperature and leaves drums in chamber for specified period.

• 3) Starts blower to cool chamber.

• 4) Pushes materials to bulking area.

• 5) Rolls trays of containers or drums of liquid material to bulking tanks.

• 6) Dumps or pumps specified quantities into tanks.

• 7) Starts agitators in tanks and allows materials to blend for specified periods.

• 8) Examines materials in tanks for impurities and to determine if color conforms to standard.

• 9) Places empty drum on preset floor scale.

• 10) Attaches filter press hoses to outlet on blending tank and to drum intake spout.

• 11) Opens valve to drain material from tank through filter press to drum.

• 12) Sets thermostat at prescribed temperature and dumps flaked or crystallized material into steam-jacketed kettle to melt.

• 13) Ties filter cloth on discharge spout, and turns spigot to drain material into bucket.

• 14) Dumps material from bucket into casting trays and allows to cool until congealed.

• 15) Removes congealed cubes or slabs from casting trays, using wooden mallet, and stores in plastic lined containers.

• 16) Draws off samples from each bulked lot and labels it for laboratory files.

• 17) Seals containers.

• 18) Stencils lot numbers on drums or affixes labels to bottles and cans.

• 19) Maintains record of bulking operations.

• 20) Transports drums and other containers on trays or handtrucks to storage room.

• 21) Cleans tanks, filter presses, and other equipment, using solvents, hoses, and brushes.

• 22) May add prescribed chemicals to bulked materials to neutralize acid or control color.

• 23) May blend materials by stirring with paddle.