A professional who tends equipment that applies coating of sugar to candy, such as gumdrops and orange slices. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps sanding sugar into hopper of rotating cylinder.
• Turns steam valve and starts conveyor that carries candy through steam bath for heating and moistening, and into cylinder for application of sugar coating.
• Examines sugared candy as it emerges on conveyor and adjusts flow of steam and sugar to correct imperfections in coating.
• Notifies other workers to remove malformed or improperly coated candies.