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Career: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Description
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
97
|
Monitor material flow and instruments such as temperature and pressure gauges, indicators, and meters, in order to ensure optimal processing conditions. |
96
|
Set or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, and pressure. |
95
|
Inspect machines and equipment for hazards, operating efficiency, malfunctions, wear, and leaks. |
92
|
Examine samples visually or by hand to verify qualities such as clarity, cleanliness, consistency, dryness, and texture. |
91
|
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis. |
91
|
Clean and sterilize tanks, screens, inflow pipes, production areas, and equipment, using hoses, brushes, scrapers, or chemical solutions. |
90
|
Start agitators, shakers, conveyors, pumps, or centrifuge machines, then turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials. |
90
|
Communicate processing instructions to other workers. |
89
|
Dump, pour, or load specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage. |
87
|
Maintain logs of instrument readings, test results, and shift production, and send production information to computer databases. |
84
|
Measure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed. |
84
|
Remove clogs, defects, and impurities from machines, tanks, conveyors, screens, or other processing equipment. |
84
|
Install and maintain or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens in order to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools. |
75
|
Connect pipes between vats and processing equipment. |
74
|
Assemble fittings, valves, bowls, plates, disks, impeller shafts, and other parts to equipment in order to prepare equipment for operation. |
72
|
Test samples to determine viscosity, acidity, specific gravity, or degree of concentration, using test equipment such as viscometers, pH meters, and hydrometers. |
59
|
Turn valves to pump sterilizing solutions and rinsewater through pipes and equipment, and to spray vats with atomizers. |
49
|
Remove full bags or containers from discharge outlets, and replace them with empty ones. |
16
|
Pack bottles into cartons or crates, using machines. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
79
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
74
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
65
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
64
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
63
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
61
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
59
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
58
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
57
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
57
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
57
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
53
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
49
|
Getting Information
|
49
|
Processing Information
|
47
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
46
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
45
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
44
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
44
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
43
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
43
|
Thinking Creatively
|
43
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
43
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
41
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
40
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
40
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
38
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
38
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
38
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
38
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
37
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
36
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
35
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
35
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
33
|
Interacting With Computers
|
30
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
30
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
29
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
29
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
25
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
19
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|