A professional who tends equipment to mix ingredients used in preparing mincemeat. Respnsibilities include:

• Weighs and measures ingredients, such as raisins, currants, ground orange peels, salt, spices, and hot water, using platform scale and measuring containers.
• Dumps ingredients from measuring containers into kettle and activates agitator to mix ingredients for specified period of time.
• Turns valve to permit ingredients to flow from kettle into cooling trough preparatory to canning.