A professional who tends machine that removes hulls and foreign matter from almonds. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts machine and dumps almonds into hopper of machine.
• Moves levers to control flow of almonds from hopper to machine that agitates screens or cylinders to remove hulls from almonds.
• Turns valve to regulate pressure and directional flow of air that separates loose hulls, twigs and foreign matter from nuts.
• Observes almonds as they pass on conveyor belt from machine to ascertain that hulls are removed.
• Changes screens or adjusts cylinders of machine to accommodate different varieties of almonds, using wrench.
• May sew sacks of almonds.
• May nail covers on crates filled with hulled almonds.