A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in cooking, thinning, filtering, storing, and blending gums, resins, and oils to produce varnish and related products. Respnsibilities include:

• Plans production schedules to coordinate cooking, thinning, filtering, storing, blending, and filling operations, according to processing time and availability of equipment, materials, personnel, and storage facilities.
• Converts master-formula quantities to smaller batch amounts, according to departmental production capacity.
• Reviews test results of viscosity and orders specified thinners to be added to varnish.
• Trains new workers.
• Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.