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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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Company Profile:
A professional who controls guns (pressure cylinders) to expand or puff whole grain to produce breakfast cereal. Respnsibilities include: * Presses button to admit grain and water to electric- or gas-heated cylinder. * Clamps lid in place and starts cylinder rotating. * Turns valves and moves controls to regulate air pressure and temperature in cylinder to obtain product having puffed kernels of specified size, color, and uniformity. * Removes lid after specified time, causing grain to expand as it escapes from cylinder. * Examines and feels product to determine need for adjustments in process conditions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls equipment to produce maple syrup. Respnsibilities include: * Transfers maple sap to evaporator pan placed on stove, allowing product to flow through various compartments of evaporator. * Pours additional sap into evaporator as needed to maintain uniform temperature. * Transfers syrup to heated finishing pan when level of product in evaporator indicates evaporation is complete. * Tests syrup for prescribed consistency by adding quantity of syrup to cold water and observing appearance. * Filters evaporated syrup through cloths or other filtration media. * Pours syrup into containers or molds for storage, use, or sale. * May boil, stir, and evaporate syrup to form variety of maple products, such as maple sugar, wax, butter, or candy, depending on processing temperature and time, and be designated Maple-Products Maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates heating and mixing equipment (melters) that reclaims uncrystallized sugar from molasses and softens molasses adhering to sugar crystals. Respnsibilities include: * Starts pumps, turns valves to start flow of molasses, and starts conveyor that dumps sugar crystals into melting tanks. * Turns steam valves to maintain specified temperature, and starts agitators. * Observes dials on panelboard and adjusts controls to maintain specified temperature, steam pressure, and density of mixture. * Tests mixture for alkalinity, using pH meter, and posts data, such as test results, temperature, and density of mixture on report form. * May mix and store milk of lime solution. * May add milk of lime to mixture to obtain specified alkalinity. * May pump liquors to char house for filtration. * May clean pump screens, using hose and water.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls equipment to process potatoes into instant potato granules. Respnsibilities include: * Reads laboratory reports to stay apprised of laboratory test results of potato samples taken during processing. * Observes lights, gauges, and meters on panelboard controls to determine temperature readings of equipment, such as precookers, precoolers, cookers, and driers. * Turns dials on panelboard to maintain operating temperature ranges as required to meet company standards. * Flips switches and presses buttons on panelboard to start potato processing equipment, such as feed screws, mixers, cookers, and granule driers. * Walks through processing areas and observes product consistency and product level in equipment, such as feed screws and cookers. * Turns equipment controls on panelboard to adjust temperatures of cookers or airflow through driers, utilizing knowledge of product processing. * Listens for alarms that indicate malfunctions of processing units and takes required steps, such as shutting down equipment and notifying supervisor. * Records shift activities in log.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends steam pressure tanks to extract glue from bones. Respnsibilities include: * Opens valve to admit steam into tank of bones, and observing gauges, adjusts pressure according to specifications. * Shuts off steam and releases pressure after required period, and drains glue liquor into storage tank. * Measures density and temperature of liquor, and records hydrometer and thermometer readings on control sheet. * Weighs out specified amount of zinc sulfate preservative and adds it to glue in storage tank.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates automatic multicell diffuser to extract sugar juice from beet slices. Respnsibilities include: * Starts diffuser and auxiliary equipment, such as beet slicers, conveyors, and automatic weighing scales. * Observes dials and turns controls to regulate flow of beets and water into diffuser, speed of agitators, and temperature of liquid in cells. * Reads laboratory report to determine sugar content of beets, and adjusts controls to obtain maximum amount of sugar juice. * Examines diffuser cells to determine if screens are clear, and that liquid levels are maintained at specified height. * Reads control panel dials and automatic indicators, and records operating data, such as tonnage of beets sliced and diffused, and tonnage of water required to diffuse beet slices.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that melts and pasteurizes butter for use in fortifying and flavoring margarine. Respnsibilities include: * Opens valves to admit steam to heat chambers of liquefier and pasteurizer to prescribed temperatures. * Places butter blocks on revolving table and starts liquefier to melt and deposit liquefied butter into receiving tank. * Pumps melted butter through pasteurizer and preset cooling unit into holding tank. * Weighs and adds prescribed ingredients to complete batch. * Dismantles piping, using handtools. * Flushes lines, and cleans tanks and equipment, using solvents and water. * Maintains operating log and temperature charts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that melts and pasteurizes butter for use in fortifying and flavoring margarine. Respnsibilities include: * Opens valves to admit steam to heat chambers of liquefier and pasteurizer to prescribed temperatures. * Places butter blocks on revolving table and starts liquefier to melt and deposit liquefied butter into receiving tank. * Pumps melted butter through pasteurizer and preset cooling unit into holding tank. * Weighs and adds prescribed ingredients to complete batch. * Dismantles piping, using handtools. * Flushes lines, and cleans tanks and equipment, using solvents and water. * Maintains operating log and temperature charts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends immersion vats and cooling equipment that chill dressed chickens to prevent spoilage. Respnsibilities include: * Starts water pumps, agitators, ice feeders, and conveyors and turns valves to control rate of flow and temperature of water circulating through chilling vats. * Observes flow of ice through troughs that feed conveyor and dislodges caked ice with mallet. * Reads gauges and thermometers to verify temperatures in chilling vats and cooler. * Activates mechanical rakes to regulate flow of ice from storage bins to vats. * Records temperatures on report form.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends cooling tank and crystallizer that starts crystallization of liquid sugar. Respnsibilities include: * Turns valves and starts pumps to fill cooling tank with liquid sugar and regulate flow of cold water through cooling coils until specified temperature is attained. * Turns wing nut to release tension on outlet door of crystallizer and pushes lever to raise door. * Knocks out sugar plug to allow sugar to flow to centrifugals. * Measures depth of sugar in crystallizer to ensure that small amount of sugar remains to start crystallization of next batch.
Industry:Professional careers
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