A professional who tends equipment that cleans, moisturizes, and cracks wheat for cereal products, preparatory to cooking. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts conveyors to transfer wheat from storage to vibrating screens in grading and cleaning units.
• Sets thermostat at specified temperature to heat water used to wash grain and increase moisture content to designated value.
• Turns valves and moves controls to regulate flow of water and grain through washer and soaking bin and to transfer grain to grinder rolls for cracking.
• Observes process to correct conveyor jamming and to open plugged holes in separator screens.