How do they match: Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Install equipment, such as spray units, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools.
  • Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
  • Start conveyors to move roasted grain to cooling pans and agitate grain with rakes as blowers force air through perforated bottoms of pans.

  • Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.