A professional who tends rotary-type kiln that dries sugar to specified moisture content. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts equipment, such as scrolls, and conveyors.
• Turns valve to admit steam into heating coils, and starts fan that blows air around steam coils in drum.
• Opens gate on feed scroll to admit sugar to drum.
• Observes instruments to ascertain that temperatures and humidity in drums are within specified limits.
• Adjusts gate or speed of feed scroll and amount of steam pressure in coils to control temperature, luster, and grist of sugar.
• Keeps records of station operations.
• Takes samples of sugar for laboratory analysis.
• Clears blockages in scrolls and magnetic screens, using mallet or brush.