A professional who operates dairy processing equipment and performs following tasks to assist cheesemaker in making cheese. Respnsibilities include:

• Separates and pasteurizes milk, using dairy processing equipment.
• Starts pump, turns valves, and observes gauges to fill cheese vats with specified amount of milk and maintain specified temperature in vats.
• Dumps dye and starter into milk.
• Starts agitator to mix ingredients.
• Dumps rennet into vat to coagulate milk into curd.
• Dumps, presses, and salts curd.
• Pierces, washes, and turns cheese blocks to cure cheese.
• Operates washing machine and extractor to clean and dry cloths.
• Performs other duties as described under helper master title.