A professional who operates mixing and milling machines to mix and granulate powdered ingredients preparatory to compressing into medicinal tablets. Respnsibilities include:

• Weighs out and measures ingredients, according to formula and size of batch to be mixed.
• Starts mixing machine to blend ingredients and adds starch paste, gelatin, or water and alcohol solution to mixture to bind ingredients.
• Breaks up lumps in mixture, using spatula or mortar and pestle, spreads mixture onto trays, and places trays in oven or steam drier at preset temperature.
• Removes trays and feels material to ascertain dryness, or tests material with moisture meter to determine whether batch requires additional mixing or drying.
• Installs cutting blades and screens, using handtools, and operates oscillating or comminuting mill to force mixture through sieves and produce product of specified fineness.
• May screen granulated mixture to determine size range of granules.
• May tend ion-exchange equipment to remove mineral salts from water.
• May tend tumbling barrel or other equipment to mix binders, flavoring oils, and lubricating agents for use in compounding tablets.