A professional who tends mixing tanks and cooling equipment that blend unslacked lime with molasses for extraction of sugar and monosodium glutamate. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valves and starts conveyor to fill cooler vat with specified amount of molasses and lime.
• Starts agitator and cooling system.
• Reads dials and gauges on panel control board to ascertain temperature, alkalinity, and density of mixture, and turns valves to obtain specified mixture.
• Opens valves and starts pump to pump mixture to filter station.
• Records data, such as volume of lime and molasses used, temperature, alkalinity, and density on report form.
• May be designated according to machine operated as Vortex Operator.