A professional who tends equipment that applies bran or mixture of sawdust and lime to tin plate surfaces to remove palm oil from plates. Respnsibilities include:

• Moves controls and valves to regulate speed of conveyor and feed mechanism and adjust flow of soda ash solution to wash unit.
• Observes operation to detect faulty feeding of plates into units that brush plate surfaces with bran and wash residue from plates.
• Replenishes exhausting supply of bran in hopper.
• Inspects plates to ensure removal of palm oil from plates.