"Mixing and Blending Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Mixing and Blending Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

1) Tend accessory equipment such as pumps and conveyors to move materials or ingredients through production processes.

2) Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements.

 

3) Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools.

4) Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.

5) Record operational and production data on specified forms.

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6) Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.

7) Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.

8) Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.

9) Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.

10) Compound and process ingredients or dyes according to formulas.

11) Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.

 

12) Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery and equipment.

13) Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands, in order to ensure conformance to established standards.

14) Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.

 

15) Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks.

16) Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials such as spices, dough batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

17) Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.

18) Start machines to mix or blend ingredients; then allow them to mix for specified times.

19) Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained, and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.

Job Description for "Mixing and Blending Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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