Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
<ul><li>Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.</li><li>Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.</li><li>Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.</li><li>Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.</li><li>Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.</li><li>Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.</li><li>Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.</li><li>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.</li><li>Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.</li><li>Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.</li><li>Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.</li><li>Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools.</li><li>Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.</li><li>Record operational or production data on specified forms.</li><li>Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps or conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.</li><li>Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.</li><li>Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools.</li></ul>