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Blanching-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 523.685-014

Industry: can. & preserv.

Tends machine that blanches fruits and vegetables preparatory to canning and preserving: Observes gauges, sets dials, and turns valves to fill machine with water and admit steam and to regulate temperature and blanching time. Starts machine, and conveyor or pump to feed product to and from machine. Feels and visually examines blanched product to determine adequacy of softening or color setting. May fill and weigh containers of blanched product, using shovel and platform scale. May feed paste products, such as spaghetti or noodles into machine by hand.

GOE: 06.04.15 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M2 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 77