According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements. | 92% |
| Read work orders to determine production specifications or information. | 91% |
| Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. | 91% |
| Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times. | 90% |
| Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures. | 89% |
| Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas. | 89% |
| Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards. | 89% |
| 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. | 88% |
| Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment. | 88% |
| Record operational or production data on specified forms. | 88% |
| Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing. | 88% |
| Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing. | 86% |
| Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment. | 85% |
| Clean work areas. | 85% |
| Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices. | 84% |
| Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps or conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes. | 84% |
| Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools. | 83% |
| Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools. | 81% |
| Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks. | 80% |
| Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery or equipment, using hand tools. | 78% |
