A professional who tends machine that milks dairy cows. Respnsibilities include:

• Guides cow into stanchion and washes teats and udder of cow with disinfectant.
• Squeezes cow's teat to collect sample of milk in strainer cup and examines sample for curd and blood.
• Starts milking machine and attaches cups of machine to teats of cow.
• Removes cups when required amount of milk is obtained from cow.
• Dips cups of machine into disinfectant solution after each cow is milked.
• Pumps milk from receptacles into storage tank and cleans and sterilizes equipment.
• May notify farm manager of possible diseases or problems in milking cows.