A professional who tends machine that mixes pickling solution for use in curing meats. Respnsibilities include:

• Weighs specified amount of dry ingredients, such as phosphate and nitrate, on scale, according to written specifications.
• Turns valve to fill vat of mixing machine with water, and dumps dry ingredients into vat.
• Presses button to activate machine agitator that mixes ingredients and turns valve to admit brine solution into vat.
• Tests mixed solution for saline content, using salinometer, and turns valve to stop flow of brine solution into vat when specified saline content is obtained.
• Turns drain valve or presses pump button to drain or pump mixed pickling solution from vat into storage tank for use in curing process.
• May turn steam valve to heat solution to specified temperature.
• May weigh specified amounts of ingredients to prepare dry-cure mix and mix ingredients, using ladle or electric mixer.
• May observe meat color to determine degree of cure.