Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• 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.
• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
• Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
• 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.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.