A professional who tends almond-blanching machine that removes skins from almonds. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valves to fill kettle of machine with water and to admit steam into heating chamber of kettle.
• Observes steam pressure and water temperature gauges, and turns valves to regulate steam pressure and water temperature, according to specifications.
• Actuates machine to start flow of almonds into kettle.
• Turns handwheel to adjust rollers that squeeze skins from almonds.
• Observes blanched (skinned) almonds as they emerge from blanching machine and makes necessary adjustments to machine to ensure that skins are removed.