Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
• Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
• Inspect production equipment.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
• Collect samples of materials or products for testing.

• Assess compliance with environmental laws.
• Maintain safety.
• Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
• Record operational or production data.
• Exchange information with colleagues.
• Clean work areas.
• Clean production equipment.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Load materials into production equipment.
• Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of water, cleaning solutions, or other liquids.
• Operate pumping systems or equipment.
• Operate mixing equipment.
• Clear equipment jams.
• Install mechanical components in production equipment.
• Repair production equipment or tools.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Connect supply lines to production equipment or tools.
• Position containers to receive materials or workpieces.

• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

• Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

• Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

• Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

• Chemical Plant and System Operators

• Food Batchmakers