A professional who tends equipment that blends, inverts, and cools edible sugar syrups according to production schedules. Respnsibilities include:

• Opens valves and starts pumps to move specified amounts of syrups and inverting materials from storage to mixing tanks.
• Calculates proportions of ingredients when blending syrups other than standard.
• Conducts light tests to determine viscosity and color of syrup, using refractometer and polariscope.
• Bottles samples of products for laboratory analysis.
• Opens valves to route and distribute syrups to tank cars or trucks.
• Maintains production and distribution records.