How do they match: Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

  • Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

  • Inspect and flush lines with solutions or steam, and spray equipment with sterilizing solutions.
  • Insert forming fixtures, and start machines that cut frozen products into measured portions or specified shapes.
  • Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment.
  • Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
  • Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
  • Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
  • Scrape, dislodge, or break excess frost, ice, or frozen product from equipment to prevent accumulation, using hands and hand tools.
  • Start agitators to blend contents, or start beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent sticking.
  • Stir material with spoons or paddles to mix ingredients or allow even cooling and prevent coagulation.
  • Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.