Canning And Preservatives - Occupations Duties
View related occupations duties grouped under the 'canning and preservatives' business sector.
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Almond Blancher Hand Occupation
Job Duties:
- Observe blanched skinned almonds on conveyor belt emerging from blanching machine removes almonds with skins missed by machine
- Rubs or squeezes almonds between fingers to remove skins
- May rub or squeeze skins from almonds that have been immersed in hot water dumped into trays.
Almond blancher Operator Occupation
Job Duties:
- Tend almond-blanching machine that removes skins from almonds
- Turn valves to fill kettle of machine with water to admit steam into heating chamber of kettle
- Observe steam pressure & water temperature gauges and turns valves to regulate steam pressure water temperature, according to specifications
- Actuate machine to start flow of almonds into kettle
- Turn handwheel to adjust rollers that squeeze skins from almonds
- Observe blanched skinned almonds as they emerge from blanching machine makes necessary adjustments to machine to make sure that skins are removed.
Almond cutting machine Tender Occupation
Job Duties:
- Tend machine that dices, halves, slices, or slivers almond meats
- Install specified cutting blades, using handtools
- Actuate machine to start flow of almond meats into machine
- Examine cut almond meats to check for conformance with cutting specifications
- Adjust cutting blades as required
- Insert different blades into machine to accommodate various sizes of almonds
- Sharpen blades with file or bench grinder
- May be designated according to function of machine tended as Dicer-Machine Operator can. and preserv. , Halver-Machine Operator can. and preserv. , Slicer-Machine Operator can. and preserv. , Sliver-Machine Operator can. preserv. .
Almond Huller Occupation
Job Duties:
- Tend machine that removes hulls foreign matter from almonds
- Start machine dumps almonds into hopper of machine
- Move levers to control flow of almonds from hopper to machine that agitates screens or cylinders to remove hulls from almonds
- Turn valve to regulate pressure and directional flow of air that separates loose hulls, twigs foreign matter from nuts
- Observe almonds as they pass on conveyor belt from machine to ascertain that hulls are removed
- Change screens or adjusts cylinders of machine to accommodate different varieties of almonds, using wrench
- May nail covers on crates filled with hulled almonds.
Automatic Brine mixer Operator Occupation
Job Duties:
- Tend machine that mixes water salt to prepare brine solution for use in preserving or separating food products
- Turn valves to transfer solution from mixing machine to storage or separator tanks
- Test specific gravity of solution with hydrometer adds water or salt to bring solution to specified density
- May clean machinery equipment, using steam hose, soap, and brushes.
Bait Packer Occupation
Job Duties:
- Clean packs fish eggs for commercial purposes
- Rubs clusters of eggs over screen to separate eggs according to size
- Dump eggs into vat of cleaning solution to remove blood into barrel of brine to cure eggs
- Shovel processed eggs into containers for shipment, or fills jars with eggs, using scoop
- May prepare curing cleaning solutions, according to formula.
Basket Filler Occupation
Job Duties:
- Remove sealed cans or jars of food products from conveyor dumps or stacks them in metal basket
- May load basket in layers, using hydraulic mechanism to lower each layer to table level
- May move baskets within plant or through cooling tank, using trucks or hoist.
Blending tank Tender Helper Occupation
Job Duties:
- Assist Blending-Tank Tender beverage, can. and preserv. 520.685-030 by directing filling of holding tanks performing related duties
- Pull latch of lid-locking hinge or clips metal band holding lid on barrel of juice concentrate, using clippers, to remove lid from barrel
- Signal Industrial-Truck Operator any industry 921.683-050 by hand to guide lifting positioning of barrel adjacent to opening of holding tank
- Manually holds barrel in contact with tank opening as barrel is tilted to dump juice concentrate into tank
- Spray inside of barrel to wash remaining concentrate into tank, using hose
- Turn valve of holding tank as directed by Blending-Tank Tender beverage, can. and preserv. to open flow of concentrate into blending tank to fill blending tank to specified capacity
- Clean residue and film from equipment floors following processing, using waterhose, cleaning solution, brushes, and rags.
Bone Picker Occupation
Job Duties:
- Examine shellfish meats under ultraviolet light removes pieces of shell, preparatory to canning
- Place tray of shelled meats on table, or observes meats passing on conveyor under ultraviolet generators that cause shell particles to glow
- Turn & stirs meats by hand to view all sides and picks out discards bits of shell, viscera and foreign matter.
Box Turner Occupation
Job Duties:
- Rearrange containers of fruit stacked in tiers in ripening room to expose all fruit equally to room temperature during ripening period
- May truck fruit in out of ripening room.