Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders

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Job Outlook:
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Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $61,480.00
Average: $45,220.00
Hourly
Average: $21.74

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
  • Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

77% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
75% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
72% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
66% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
Weigh finished products.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
Operate mixing equipment.
Load materials into production equipment.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
Operate pumping systems or equipment.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
Record operational or production data.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Operate pumping systems or equipment.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
Load materials into production equipment.
Clean production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Clear equipment jams.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Operate mixing equipment.
Clean work areas.
Clean facilities or work areas.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
92% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
92% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
91% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
91% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
91% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
88% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
88% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
88% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
87% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
82% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
82% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
81% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
81% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
80% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
77% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
76% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
73% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
70% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
69% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
67% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
66% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
66% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
66% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
65% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

85% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
83% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
81% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
78% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
78% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
76% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
74% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
72% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
69% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
66% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
66% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Getting Started

Education:
80%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
12%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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