Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.

Job Task

• Lubricates, connects, installs, replaces, or makes minor adjustments or repairs to hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools.
• Examines samples visually or by hand to verify quality, such as clarity, cleanliness, consistency, dryness, and texture.
• Removes clogs, defects, and impurities from machines, tanks, conveyors, screen, or other processing equipment.
• Monitors material flow and control instruments, such as gauges, indicators, and meters to ensure optimal processing conditions and results.
• Starts agitators, shakers, conveyors, pumps, or centrifuge machines, turns valves, or moves controls to admit, drain, filter, mix, or transfer materials.
• Sets or adjusts machine controls to regulate conditions, such as material flow, temperature, and pressure, according to specified operating procedures.
• Dumps, pours, or loads specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage.
• Measures or weighs materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed.
• Inspects machines and equipment for hazards, operating efficiency, mechanical malfunctions, wear, and leaks.
• Communicates or signals processing instructions to other workers.
• Maintains log of instrument readings, test results, and shift production.
• Removes full bags or containers from discharge outlets and replaces them with empty ones.
• Tests samples to determine viscosity, acidity, specific gravity, or degree of concentration, using test equipment, such as viscometer, pH meter, and hydrometer.
• Collects samples of material or product for laboratory analysis.
• Cleans tanks, screens, inflow pipes, and other processing equipment, using hoses, brushes, scrappers, or chemical solutions.

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