A professional who dips candy centers, fruit, or nuts into coatings to coat, decorate, and identify product. Respnsibilities include:

• Scoops liquid coating material onto slab of heated dipping table and kneads material, such as chocolate, fondant, or icing to attain specified consistency.
• Drops candy into mass and swirls candy about until thoroughly coated, using fingers or fork.
• Removes candy and marks identifying design or symbol on top, using fingers or fork, to identify type of center or brand.
• May decorate top of candy with nuts, coconut, or other garnishment.
• May mix coating ingredients and dip candy into vat containing coating material, regulating vat temperature to maintain specified consistency.
• May pour liquid chocolate into molds to form figures.
• May be designated according to type of center dipped as Bonbon Dipper; Cherry Dipper; Cream Dipper; Pecan-Mallow Dipper; or according to type of coating as Chocolate Coater; Icing Coater.