Canning And Preservatives - Occupations Duties

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.