Description
Operate and tend equipment to wash, rinse, and sanitize fresh fruit, removing soil and residues while maintaining specified solution levels and food safety standards.
- • Operate and tend fruit washing, brushing, rinsing, and sanitizing equipment to remove dirt and residues.
- • Add approved sanitizers to wash systems at required times to maintain target concentrations and solution levels per SOPs.
- • Drain, clean, and refill washers, flumes, and tanks at scheduled intervals using water and cleaning agents.
- • Measure, weigh, or mix wash solutions and verify sanitizer concentration and pH with test strips or meters.
- • Draw water or solution samples for laboratory analysis or on-site tests to confirm specifications.
- • Monitor gauges, thermometers, flow meters, and operator displays, adjusting controls to maintain specified conditions.
- • Set controls for temperature, spray pressure, conveyor speed, and dwell time, and start conveyors, pumps, and agitators.
- • Inspect nozzles, brushes, screens, belts, and other components to detect clogs, wear, leaks, or malfunctions.
- • Record readings, lot numbers, sanitizer additions, processing times, cleaning activities, and test results in logs.
- • Perform routine adjustments, cleaning, and lubrication of equipment using hand tools, and report need for repairs.
- • Load fruit into washers and unload cleaned fruit to bins or conveyors, removing damaged or contaminated items.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
