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Career Details : Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Experience

No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.

Education

These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.

Tasks

  • Reads work orders to ascertain production specifications and information.
  • Loads materials into machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Dislodges and clears jammed materials, or other items, from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Weighs or measures materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Cleans and maintains machinery, equipment, materials, and products, using hand tools.
  • Tends accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production process.
  • Tests samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
  • Transfers materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.
  • Operates or tends machines and equipment that crush, grind, polish, or blend materials.
  • Adds or mixes chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
  • Records operational and production data on specified forms.
  • Examines or feels materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to established standards.
  • Observes production monitoring equipment to ensure safety and efficient operation.
  • Moves controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crush, grind, polish, or blend materials.
  • Collects samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.

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    Frequent Work Context

    • Degree of Automation
    • Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
    • Indoors
    • Common Protective or Safety Attire
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls

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