A professional who operates machines and equipment to mold and freeze ice cream, fruit juice, or syrup stick novelties. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions molds on machine, using hoist or places mold pans on conveyor.
• Attaches single or double extrusion valves to filler head with handtools.
• Observes gauges, turns valves, and starts pumps, to regulate temperatures of solutions in brine, wash, rinse, and chocolate dip tanks, and pressure in pneumatic power lines.
• Places sticks in dispensers of inserting machine and positions sticks over mold.
• Loads bags or cartons into dispensers or wrapping paper onto spindle and adjusts guides and controls on packaging machine.
• Starts machines that freeze, coat, wrap, and eject novelties onto packing table.
• Inserts depth gauge into molds to measure fill and turns dial to obtain prescribed level.
• Weighs novelty and turns dial to adjust freezer speed or air intake to obtain specified thickness of mixture.
• Removes jammed sticks from dispensing slots, using pliers or picks.