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Program Codes
10268
20820
Employment Percentage
-16.6775528
SOC ID
51-9023
SOC Title
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
ONET ID
51-9023.00
ONET Concat ID
51902300
Median Salary
37314.83
EMSI Interest Area Term
Business Sciences
Ed Level High School
88.080002
Ed Level Certificate
2.06
Ed Level Some College
9.38
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0.49
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
Core Tasks
  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
  • Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
  • 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.
  • Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
  • Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
  • 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.
Start Annual Earnings
28514.37
Top Annual Earnings
61701.5
EMSI Career Title Slug
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