- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machines that grind grain between rollers. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes flow of grain between grinding rollers.
* Adjusts slides to regulate flow of grain to rollers and turns hand screws to regulate space between rollers, under direction of grinder operator.
* Pulls lever to spring rolls apart when grain stops flowing, to prevent damage to rollers.
* May start conveyor that transports grain from storage area to grinding machines.
* May lubricate machines.
* May obtain sample of ground grain for testing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that grind grain between rollers. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes flow of grain between grinding rollers.
* Adjusts slides to regulate flow of grain to rollers and turns hand screws to regulate space between rollers, under direction of grinder operator.
* Pulls lever to spring rolls apart when grain stops flowing, to prevent damage to rollers.
* May start conveyor that transports grain from storage area to grinding machines.
* May lubricate machines.
* May obtain sample of ground grain for testing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that grinds meat for use in making such products as bologna, meat loaves, and sausages. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes truck of cut meat from cooler room to grinding machine.
* Selects and inserts grinding plate in machine for specified particle size.
* Shovels meat into machine hopper, using fork, and positions truck under discharge spout.
* Starts machine.
* May cut chunks of meat into smaller pieces, using power operated cleaver or slicer.
* May select and weigh meat in cooler room for grinding.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends grading machine that sorts almond meats, according to size. Respnsibilities include:
* Loosens turnbuckles to open grading machine, using wrench, and inserts circular grading screens into drum of machine.
* Closes drum of machine, and turns knob to regulate air pressure, according to specifications.
* Starts flow of almond meats into machine, and starts machine that sorts almond meats by shaking action that causes smaller almond meats to drop through holes on screens and larger almond meats to run off top of screen onto conveyor belts.
* Observes almond meats on screen to ensure that they are sorted as required.
* Tightens or loosens bolt on spindle of machine to adjust shaking action of grading screen to sort almond meats as specified.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that mills and sifts milk powders. Respnsibilities include:
* Fastens specified screen in sifter, using handtools, and starts hammer mill, vibrating sifter, and tank agitator.
* Starts conveyor that transfers coarse, dried powder from sifter to hammer mill.
* Turns crank to move motor belt and alter speed of hammer mill to obtain specified consistency.
* Starts pneumatic vacuum blower to convey ground powder through sifter to storage tank.
* Fills bags or barrels with powder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that mills and sifts milk powders. Respnsibilities include:
* Fastens specified screen in sifter, using handtools, and starts hammer mill, vibrating sifter, and tank agitator.
* Starts conveyor that transfers coarse, dried powder from sifter to hammer mill.
* Turns crank to move motor belt and alter speed of hammer mill to obtain specified consistency.
* Starts pneumatic vacuum blower to convey ground powder through sifter to storage tank.
* Fills bags or barrels with powder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends mills that grind stockfeed. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns gate valves on feed chute to regulate flow of materials into mills.
* Starts mills and turns handwheel to adjust distance between rollers to attain desired fineness of grind.
* Feels sample of product to verify fineness of grind.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that blows chaff and foreign material from rice and regulates flow of rice to designated storage bins. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and turns control valve to regulate flow of rice from storage bin to feeder box.
* Opens valve to release compressed air into machine to blow chaff and foreign material from rice as it passes over sieves.
* Pulls out slide on top of storage bin to allow rice to flow into bin.
* Scrapes sieves in machine with stick to remove dirt, straw, and other foreign material.
* Lubricates equipment and tightens belts, nuts, and bolts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that blows chaff and foreign material from rice and regulates flow of rice to designated storage bins. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and turns control valve to regulate flow of rice from storage bin to feeder box.
* Opens valve to release compressed air into machine to blow chaff and foreign material from rice as it passes over sieves.
* Pulls out slide on top of storage bin to allow rice to flow into bin.
* Scrapes sieves in machine with stick to remove dirt, straw, and other foreign material.
* Lubricates equipment and tightens belts, nuts, and bolts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that grinds nut meats into meal. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns thumbscrew or handwheels to adjust distance between grinding rollers.
* Fills machine hopper with almond meats, and starts machine.
* Places container at discharge end of machine to catch emerging nut meal.
* Inspects sample of ground nut meal for fineness of grind, and adjusts rollers when necessary to ensure that nut meats are ground to specifications.
* May start vacuum hose to remove foreign matter from nut meats.
* May be designated according to type of nut ground as Almond Grinder.
Industry:Professional careers
