Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Job Task

• Count and record finished and rejected packaged items.
• Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
• Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
• Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item and pack the items in cartons or containers.
• Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
• Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
• Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn't sticking properly.
• Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
• Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
• Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
• Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
• Start machine by engaging controls.
• Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
• Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
• Supply materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and unload packaged product.
• Tend or operate machine that packages product.
• Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations.
• Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
• Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
• Clean packaging containers, line and pad crates, and/or assemble cartons to prepare for product packing.

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