A professional who controls steam-heated vats to heat and mix syrup ingredients, according to formula. Respnsibilities include:

• Computes and weighs specified amounts of ingredients, such as corn, beet, and cane syrups and flavoring, and directs syrup-mixer assistant to dump ingredients into mixing vats.
• Starts pumps and agitators to admit steam into heating coils and transfer ingredients to vat filled with measured amount of corn syrup.
• Reads thermometers and turns steam valve to maintain mixture at specified temperature.
• Collects sample of syrup and tests to determine specific gravity, using hydrometer.
• Starts pumps to transfer batch to storage tanks.
• Inspects vats after cleaning by syrup-mixer assistant to ensure that fermentable residue is removed.
• May clean vats.