A professional who tends machine that extracts juice, and separates seeds and pulp from fresh and precooked fruits, berries, and tomatoes. Respnsibilities include:

• Places containers under discharge outlets of pulping machine to receive juice, seeds, and pulp.
• Starts equipment to pump or convey material through machines or dumps fruit, berries, or vegetables in machine hopper.
• Observes passage of juice flowing from discharge outlet to ensure that juice is free of pulp and seeds.
• Removes filled containers from discharge outlets.
• Replaces damaged or clogged filter screen, using handtools.
• May adjust paddles in machine, using wrench.
• May add measured amounts of salt to tomato juice.
• May heat berries in open kettle prior to processing in pulping machine.
• May clean and sterilize machine, using steam hose.
• May be designated according to product pulped as Tomato-Pulper Operator.