A professional who tends machine that washes dried fruit, such as apricots, figs, prunes, and raisins preparatory to canning, packaging, or making specialty foods, such as mincemeat and chutney. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps fruit into hopper of machine.
• Starts machine that rotates fruit rapidly in water to remove dirt and automatically ejects fruit onto receiving tray.
• May inspect washed fruit and remove foreign matter.
• May be designated according to dried fruit washed as Apricot Washer; Fig Washer; Prune Washer; Raisin Washer.