A professional who tends powder-mill pulverizer that grinds granular sugar into fondant or powdered sugar. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts powder mill, conveyors, dust collectors, and humidifying equipment to ready station for operations.
• Opens valves to admit and regulate flow of sugar into pulverizer.
• Adjusts controls to compensate for changes and fluctuations in production.
• Dissolves specified amounts of sugar in water and spins solution in centrifugal device to determine starch percentage.
• Regulates starch flow to bring percentage within specified limits and prevent powder from caking.
• Dissolves other samples to test them for grist.
• Cleans dust lines, scrolls, and chutes and clears hopper and elevator blockades.
• Observes dials and gauges to ascertain that grinders are not overloaded or overheated.
• Inspects chains, belts, and scrolls for signs of wear.
• Keeps records of tests and production.
• May be designated according to type of sugar pulverized as Powdered-Sugar-Pulverizer Operator; or equipment operated as Fondant-Machine Operator.