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Career: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Description
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. |
96
|
Record operational and production data on specified forms. |
95
|
Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery and equipment. |
94
|
Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands, in order to ensure conformance to established standards. |
94
|
Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools. |
92
|
Start machines to mix or blend ingredients; then allow them to mix for specified times. |
92
|
Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained, and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures. |
92
|
Tend accessory equipment such as pumps and conveyors to move materials or ingredients through production processes. |
92
|
Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools. |
91
|
Read work orders to determine production specifications and information. |
90
|
Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements. |
86
|
Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices. |
85
|
Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment. |
85
|
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing. |
84
|
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. |
78
|
Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing. |
77
|
Compound and process ingredients or dyes according to formulas. |
76
|
Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools. |
64
|
Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
73
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
66
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
62
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
58
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
56
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
52
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
52
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
51
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
50
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
49
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
48
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
48
|
Getting Information
|
45
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
44
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
44
|
Processing Information
|
43
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
42
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
42
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
42
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
41
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
40
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
38
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
38
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
38
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
37
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
37
|
Interacting With Computers
|
35
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
35
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
34
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
33
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
32
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
31
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
30
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
30
|
Thinking Creatively
|
28
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
25
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
24
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
21
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
20
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
19
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
16
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|