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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A professional who operates machine that deposits measured amount of batter into baking pans as pans pass on conveyor. Respnsibilities include: * Dumps batter from mixing bowl into machine hopper, using hoist. * Attaches depositing dies to machine and tightens, using wrench. * Adjusts gauge on hopper to measure specified amount of batter. * Weighs filled pans on balance scale to ensure conformity to standards. * Removes filled pans from machine and places on racks. * May be designated according to type of batter used as Cake-Batter Scaler (bakery products).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls battery of steam-jacketed kettles that cook ingredients for preparation of dog and cat foods. Respnsibilities include: * Dumps or pours premeasured amounts of water and ground meat into kettles. * Starts agitator to mix ingredients. * Opens steam valve and observes thermometer reading to heat contents and to maintain specified temperature. * Dumps specified amounts of seasoning, chemical solution, and grain into mixture at designated intervals. * Opens valves to allow mixtures to circulate through other kettles. * Observes mixture for required viscosity and closes valves upon completion of cooking cycle. * Starts pumps to transfer contents from kettles to tank of filling machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates equipment to mix and cook ingredients to produce flavoring extracts and syrup. Respnsibilities include: * Scans formula sheet to determine proportion of ingredients required, such as sugar, water, and flavoring. * Pushes buttons to admit automatically metered ingredients into blending tank and to activate mixer. * Observes mixture to ensure that color and consistency conform to company specifications. * Pushes buttons to pump mixture to cooking kettle. * Opens valves to admit steam into pressure cooker to invert sugar, eliminate air, and sterilize syrup. * Observes gauges and adjusts valves to regulate temperature and pressure while cooking mixture. * Presses switch to activate paddles to stir mixture and prevent scorching. * Tests batch to determine viscosity or specific gravity and sugar content, using viscometer, hydrometer, and refractometer. * Presses switches to activate equipment to filter impurities and pump syrup into holding tanks. * Maintains production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine that shapes and fries doughnuts. Respnsibilities include: * Slides block of ejectors (cutters) into machine and tightens them, using wingnuts. * Turns switch to heat frying tank to desired temperature. * Mixes prepared ingredients with specified amount of water in mixing machine to form batter. * Dumps batter into doughnut machine hopper, using chain hoist. * Turns and adjusts valves to control air pressure for ejecting batter into frying tank and to regulate size of doughnuts, temperature and feed of grease, and speed of conveyor. * Starts machine and observes color and verifies weight of doughnuts to ensure conformity to standards. * Dismantles doughnut ejectors for cleaning. * May melt and temper chocolate.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls gas-fired ovens to roast barley malt. Respnsibilities include: * Observes temperature gauges, and turns gas valves and ignition switches to start and heat ovens to specified temperatures. * Opens slide gate of hopper to dump malt into oven. * Sets timer to control roasting cycle. * Shuts off ovens and opens water valves to drench roasted malt at end of cycle. * Dumps malt in cooler tubs and pushes to cleaning machine. * Starts conveyor that lifts and dumps malt into cleaning machine. * Opens gate and valves to drop malt into storage bins for bagging.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls retort chamber (steam pressure cooker) to cook canned foods according to specifications. Respnsibilities include: * Pushes trucks or lowers baskets using hoist, or presses buttons to start conveyorized flow of canned foods into chamber of retort. * Closes retort door or lid, and turns wheels or moves levers to seal chamber. * Observes dials and thermometers, and turns valves to admit steam to retort, and control temperature, pressure, and cooking time. * Turns valves to release steam and admit cooling water into chamber to prevent overcooking at end of cooking cycle. * May open retort and move basket of canned food to cooling trough, using hoist. * May record items such as retort number, can size and grade designation, cooking time, and number of pounds pressure on canning report.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mixes, forms, and fries dough to produce doughnuts, according to work order. Respnsibilities include: * Dumps prepared doughnut mix into mixing-machine bowl, adds water and dehydrated eggs, and starts mixer. * Turns switch on heating unit of frying tank and sets thermostat at specified temperature. * Dumps dough from mixing bowl into hopper of doughnut cutter. * Sets lever to control amount of dough that doughnut cutter will portion to frying tank. * Moves cutter machine back and forth over frying tank and depresses trigger to eject individual doughnuts into hot cooking oil. * Turns doughnuts over in tank, using stick. * Lifts wire tray of fried doughnuts from tank and places it in glazing tank. * Slides trough containing glazing syrup over doughnuts. * May glaze doughnuts, using hand dipper. * May roll dough with rolling pin and form doughnuts with hand cutter. * May lower wire tray of uncooked doughnuts into fryer, using hooks. * May tend automatic equipment that mixes, cuts, and fries doughnuts. * May weigh cut dough and fried doughnuts to verify weight specifications, and adjust controls of equipment accordingly when weights vary from standards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mixes and fries dough to prepare lumpia wrappers in establishment processing Philippine food specialties. Respnsibilities include: * Mixes premeasured ingredients by hand to prepare dough. * Kneads dough to required consistency. * Places griddle on stove to heat griddle. * Shapes and spreads, by hand, specified amount of dough on heated griddle to cook and form lumpia wrappers. * Removes cooked lumpia wrappers from griddle, using fingers, and stores wrappers for further processing or packaging. * Periodically returns dough to freezer to maintain dough consistency. * Cleans equipment and work area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends deep-fat cookers to fry meats, vegetables, or fish in cooking oil. Respnsibilities include: * Empties containers or opens valves to fill cookers with oil. * Sets thermostat to heat oil to specified temperature. * Empties containers of meat, vegetable, or fish into metal basket and immerses basket into vat manually or by hoist. * Sets timer. * Observes color at end of frying time to determine conformity to standards and extends frying time accordingly. * Removes basket from cooker, drains it, and dumps contents onto tray. * May dip foods into batter or dye before frying. * May specialize in a particular food product for canning or freezing or may fry variety of foods for immediate consumption.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends vacuum cooker and open kettle to cook fruit and berries preparatory to making jams and jellies. Respnsibilities include: * Observes thermometer, turns rheostat and steam valve, or pushes switch or lights burner to heat vacuum cooker and open kettle to specified temperature. * Turns valve to transfer contents of kettle into vacuum cooker. * Observes refractometer on vacuum cooker to determine sugar content and adds ingredients according to formula. * Places container under discharge outlet of distillation jacket of cooker to reclaim esters. * Opens valve or starts pump to transfer contents of vacuum cooker to holding tank or filling machine.
Industry:Professional careers
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