A professional who tends mixing and blending tanks, and auxiliary equipment to assist in preparing starch blends from raw starch suspensions. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps specified amount of chemicals into mixing tank to prepare chemical solutions.
• Observes signals from dry-starch operator and pushes or pulls switches, and turns valves to start pumps, heaters, and agitators, and to admit raw starch and chemical solutions into blending tanks.
• Draws samples of mixtures for testing.
• Monitors thermometers, meters, and gauges, to ensure that filters, shakers, centrifugals, and driers are operating efficiently.
• Reports equipment malfunctioning to dry-starch operator.