A professional who tends machine that mixes dry ingredients to make cocoa blends and dairy powder mixes. Respnsibilities include:

• Weighs out specified amounts of ingredients, such as sugar, powdered milk, and cocoa, according to formula, and dumps ingredients into mixing machine.
• Starts machine that mixes ingredients for specified length of time.
• Opens machine valve and starts conveyor to transfer mixed batch to storage.
• Collects sample of completed mix for laboratory analysis.
• May add ingredients and remix batch, according to laboratory recommendation.
• May be designated according to product mixed as Dairy-Powder-Mixer Operator.
• May tend panel-controlled conveyorized system that transfers measured amounts of ingredients from respective bins to continuous mixing machine and be designated Quick-Mixer Operator.