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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

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Crushing, Grinding, Polishing, Mixing, and Blending Workers

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Other Production Occupations

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

Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.

Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.

Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.

Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.

Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.

Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.

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.

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

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

Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.

Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools.

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

Record operational or production data on specified forms.

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

Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.

Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools.

Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks.

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

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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