A professional who tends grinding, drying, and cooling equipment to make grated cheese. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts grater, drying drums or drying chamber, heater, blowers, cooling cones, and hammer mill.
• Dumps cheese blocks into feedbox of grater, and starts ram that pushes cheese against grating wheel.
• Tests sample of grated cheese for moisture content, using moisture meter, and turns handles or valves to alter conveyor speed or flow of hot air in drier to obtain specified moisture content.
• Observes gauges on cooling chambers and milling hammers, and notifies supervisor of deviation from specifications.