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

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.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

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Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

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Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

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

Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.

Monitor material flow or instruments such as temperature or pressure gauges, indicators, or meters to ensure optimal processing conditions.

Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.

Test samples to determine viscosity, acidity, specific gravity, or degree of concentration, using test equipment such as viscometers, pH meters, or hydrometers.

Measure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed.

Clean or sterilize tanks, screens, inflow pipes, production areas, or equipment, using hoses, brushes, scrapers, or chemical solutions.

Inspect machines or equipment for hazards, operating efficiency, malfunctions, wear, or leaks.

Dump, pour, or load specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage.

Connect pipes between vats and processing equipment.

Communicate processing instructions to other workers.

Remove clogs, defects, or impurities from machines, tanks, conveyors, screens, or other processing equipment.

Install, maintain, or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools.

Turn valves to pump sterilizing solutions or rinse water through pipes or equipment or to spray vats with atomizers.

Remove full containers from discharge outlets and replace them with empty containers.

Pack bottles into cartons or crates, using machines.

Operate machines to process materials in compliance with applicable safety, energy, or environmental regulations.

Turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials.

Examine samples to verify qualities such as clarity, cleanliness, consistency, dryness, or texture.

Start agitators, shakers, conveyors, pumps, or centrifuge machines.

Maintain logs of instrument readings, test results, or shift production for entry in computer databases.

Assemble fittings, valves, bowls, plates, disks, impeller shafts, or other parts to prepare equipment for operation.

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