Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks Include:
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
- 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.
- Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
- Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
- Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
- Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
- Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
- Record operational or production data on specified forms.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +28.1%
National: +2.3%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$43,410.00
State
$40,960.00
Regional
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 80.32%
- 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) = 11.87%
- Some College Courses = 6.30%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 1.51%
Related Work Experience
- None = 50.97%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.47%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.87%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.37%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.80%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.52%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1.50%
- Over 10 years = 1.50%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 46.58%
- Up to and including 1 month = 33.96%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.87%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.52%
- None = 3.57%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.50%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 47.81%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 25.92%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 21.75%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.01%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.50%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
- 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.
- Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
- Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
- Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
- Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
- Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
- Record operational or production data on specified forms.
- Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools.
- Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps or conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
- Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
- Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
- Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.
- Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
- Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery or equipment, using hand tools.
- Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
- Clean work areas.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
- Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Desktop computers
- Dollies
- Forklifts
- Bench scales (Gram scales)
- Hand trucks or accessories (Handtrucks)
- Lifts (Hydraulic lifts)
- Hydrometers
- Locking pliers
- Depth indicators (Measuring sticks)
- Track cranes (Overhead cranes)
- Pallet trucks (Pallet movers)
- Personal computers
- pH meters (pH indicators)
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Floor or platform scales (Platform scales)
- Power drills
- Remote reading thermometers (Remote reading electronic thermometers)
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Goggles (Safety goggles)
- Masks or accessories (Safety masks)
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Steam cleaning equipment)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Hoists (Tuggers)
- Viscosimeters (Viscosity meters)
- Wire brushes
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
65.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
53.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
53.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
50.00 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
82.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
80.50 | 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. |
78.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
78.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
76.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
74.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
72.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
68.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
66.25 | 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. |
65.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
62.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
61.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
60.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
60.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
56.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
54.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
52.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
50.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
49.50 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
76.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
75.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
71.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
66.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
64.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
62.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
59.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
57.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
55.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
52.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | 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. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | 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? |
93.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
93.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
92.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
92.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
92.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
90.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
90.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
90.00 | 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? |
89.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
85.80 | 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? |
85.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
85.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
84.80 | 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? |
83.60 | 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? |
81.80 | 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.) |
80.60 | 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? |
78.40 | 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? |
75.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
75.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
73.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
73.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
72.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
72.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
69.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
68.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
65.60 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
63.40 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
61.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
59.80 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
57.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
55.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
54.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
53.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
51.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
50.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
49.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,880.00 | $43,410.00 | $50,950.00 |
Virginia | $28,760.00 | $40,960.00 | $48,890.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $34,193.19 | $46,391.27 | $52,156.31 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $31,352.35 | $40,366.74 | $46,538.21 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $28,733.49 | $39,727.92 | $51,919.75 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $30,336.28 | $41,692.32 | $46,510.07 |
Northern Virginia | $38,163.69 | $48,063.88 | $56,259.16 |
Piedmont Workforce | $33,620.02 | $43,352.43 | $50,791.12 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $28,381.25 | $39,100.56 | $43,450.39 |
Southwestern Virginia | $26,882.68 | $42,510.39 | $52,367.86 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $33,971.21 | $46,955.06 | $65,843.59 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 111,000 | 113,500 | +2.3% |
Virginia | 2,538 | 3,250 | +28.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Titles
- Abrasive Mixer
- Acetylene Cylinder Packing Mixer
- Acid Adjuster
- Acid Blower
- Acid Mixer
- Alum Operator
- Ammonia Worker
- Asphalt Blender
- Asphalt Mixer
- Asphalt Mixing Machine Operator
- Auger Mill Operator
- Automatic Brine Mixer Operator
- Auxiliary Equipment Tender
- Ball Mill Operator
- Banbury Machine Operator
- Banbury Mill Operator
- Banbury Mixer Operator
- Banbury Operator
- Barratte Operator
- Batch and Binder Attendant
- Batch and Binder Mixer
- Batch Attendant
- Batch Blender
- Batch Maker
- Batch Mixer
- Batch Unloader
- Bath Mixer
- Batter Mixer
- Beater Engineer
- Beater Engineer Helper
- Binder Technician
- Bleach Maker
- Bleach Mixer
- Bleach-Liquor Maker
- Blender
- Blender Conveyor Operator
- Blender Machine Operator
- Blending Line Attendant
- Blending Machine Operator
- Blending Plant Operator
- Blending Tank Tender
- Blow-Up Operator
- Blunger
- Board Mixer Tender
- Boss Dyer
- Bran Mixer
- Breading Machine Tender
- Brine Maker
- Brine Mixer Operator
- Bristle Mixer
- Broth Mixer
- Bulk Plant Operator
- Bulk Station Operator
- Bullet Lubricant Mixer
- Candy Maker Helper
- Candy Puller
- Carbide Powder Processor
- Carbon Paste Mixer Operator
- Carbon Plant Grinder
- Carbonation Equipment Tender
- Casing Fluid Tender
- Catalyst Concentration Operator
- Caustic Mixer
- Cd Storage and Materials Make-Up Helper
- Cellophane Bath Mixer
- Cement Mixer
- Ceramics Operator
- Cheesemaker Helper
- Chemical Mixer
- Chemical Preparer
- Chemical Treatment Operator
- Chili Powder Mixer
- Chip Mixing Machine Operator
- Chopping Machine Operator
- Churn Tender
- Churner
- Cistern Room Operator
- Clay Maker
- Clay Miller
- Clay Mixer
- Clay Puddler
- Clay Stain Mixer
- Clay Worker
- Coagulating Bath Mixer
- Coater Associate
- Coater Operator
- Coating Mixer
- Coating Mixer Tender
- Coating Operator
- Cocoa Powder Mixer Operator
- Color Developer
- Color Drum Worker
- Color Maker
- Color Mixer
- Color Paste Mixer
- Composition Mixer
- Composition Worker
- Compound Finisher
- Compound Mixer
- Compound Specialist
- Compounder
- Compounding Associate
- Conche Operator
- Concrete Batcher
- Concrete Mixer
- Concrete Mixer Operator
- Continuous Churn Buttermaker
- Cooler Tender
- Cosmetic Maker
- Cream Maker
- Crusher and Blender Operator
- Crutcher
- Devil Tender
- Dextrine Mixer
- Diamond Blender
- Diamond Powder Mixer
- Dip Dyer
- Dope Mixer
- Dough Brake Machine Operator
- Dough Mixer
- Dough Mixer Operator
- Dross Puller
- Dry Color Mixer
- Dry Food Products Mixer
- Dry Mixer
- Dry Primer Powder Blender
- Dry Starch Operator
- Dust Mixer
- Dustless Operator
- Dye Maker
- Dye Mixer
- Dye Weigher
- Dyer
- Emulsion Operator
- Extract Mixer
- Feather Mixer
- Feed Blender
- Feed Mixer
- Fertilizer Mixer
- Finishing Area Operator
- Flavor Extractor
- Flavorer
- Flour Blender
- Flour Mixer
- Fluorescent Solution Mixer
- Flux Mixer
- Foam Rubber Curer
- Foam Rubber Mixer
- Foamite Mixer
- Formula Weigher
- Formulation Technician
- Frit Burner
- Frit Mixer
- Frit Mixer and Burner
- Frothing Machine Operator
- Fur Dyer
- Gasoline Catalyst Operator
- Gasoline Finisher
- Glaze Maker
- Glaze Mixer
- Glue Mixer
- Grain Mixer
- Granulator
- Granulator Machine Operator
- Grease Maker
- Green Coffee Blender
- Ground Mixer
- Gum Mixer
- Gum Rolling Machine Operator
- Gunite Mixer
- Gunite Nozzle Operator
- Hair Mixer
- Hide Dyer
- Hot Mix Operator
- Icing Mixer
- Ink Blender
- Ink Maker
- Ink Mixer
- Insecticide Maker
- Insecticide Mixer
- Issuing Operator
- Jet Dyeing Machine Operator
- Kettle Tender
- Laboratory Technician
- Lacquer Maker
- Lime Mixer
- Lime Mixer Tender
- Lime Plant Operator
- Lime Slaker
- Lime Sludge Mixer
- Liquid Sugar Fortifier
- Liquid Sugar Melter
- Lozenge Dough Mixer
- Macerator Operator
- Machine Operator
- Machine Paint Mixer
- Machine Plaster Mixer
- Machine Sand Mixer
- Make Up Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Manufacturing Technician
- Margarine Churn Operator
- Marinator
- Mash Grinder
- Master Dyer
- Material Handler
- Material Mixer
- Meat Blender
- Medicine Preparator
- Metal Bonding Crib Attendant
- Metal Mixer
- Mill Feeder
- Mill Operator
- Miller
- Mincemeat Maker
- Mingler Operator
- Mix House Tender
- Mixer
- Mixer and Blender
- Mixer Lever Operator
- Mixer Operator
- Mixer Runner
- Mixer Tender
- Mixing House Operator
- Mixing Machine Feeder
- Mixing Machine Operator
- Mixing Machine Tender
- Mixing Plant Operator
- Mixing Roll Operator
- Mixing Tank Operator
- Mixing Tumbler Operator
- Molding Machine Tender
- Mortar Mixer
- Mortar Mixer Operator
- Mottler Operator
- Mud Cleaner Operator
- Mud Mill Tender
- Mud Mixer
- Mud Mixer Operator
- Mud Plant Operator
- Mulling Machine Operator
- Nitrate Operator
- Nitrating Acid Mixer
- Nitroglycerin Distributor
- Noodle Press Operator
- Oakes Machine Operator
- Oil Mixer
- Ore Mixer
- Package Dyeing Machine Operator
- Paint Canner
- Paint Maker
- Paint Mixer
- Paper Colorer
- Paste Maker
- Paste Mixer
- Peanut Butter Maker
- Pearl Glue Operator
- Perfume Compounder
- Perfume Maker
- Pickling Solution Maker
- Pigment Mixer
- Plant Operator
- Plaster Mixer
- Plastic Mixer
- Plasticator
- Polish Compounder
- Polish Maker
- Polishing Machine Tender
- Porcelain Mixer
- Powder Blender
- Powder Blender and Pourer
- Powder Mixer
- Powder Preparation Operator
- Powder Worker
- Powerhouse Helper
- Process Operator
- Process Tank Tender
- Process Worker
- Production Operator
- Puddler
- Pug Machine Operator
- Pug Mill Operator
- Pug Mill Operator Helper
- Pugger
- Pulp Grinder and Blender
- Pulp Mixer
- Pulp Refiner Operator
- Pulper
- Pulping Technician
- Pulverizing and Sifting Operator
- Putty Maker
- Putty Mixer
- Raw Material Handler
- Reagent Tender
- Reducer
- Refined Syrup Operator
- Refractory Mixer
- Relish Blender
- Resin Mixer
- Restrictive Preparation Operator
- Roof Cement and Paint Maker
- Rouge Mixer
- Rubber Compounder Mixer
- Rubber Mill Tender
- Rubber Mixer
- Sagger Preparer
- Sand Conditioner
- Sand Control Worker
- Sand Cutter Operator
- Sand Mill Grinder
- Sand Mill Operator
- Sand Miller
- Sand Operator
- Sand Sifter
- Sausage Maker
- Sausage Mixer
- Scratcher Tender
- Screener and Blender
- Seal Mixer
- Seasoning Mixer
- Silica Spray Mixer
- Silver Solution Mixer
- Sinter Machine Operator
- Size Maker
- Size Mixer
- Size Worker
- Slaker
- Slate Mixer
- Slime Plant Operator
- Slip Maker
- Slip Mixer
- Slurry Control Tender
- Slurry Mixer
- Snack Foods Mixer Operator
- Snuff Blender
- Soap Maker
- Soda Room Operator
- Solution Maker
- Solution Mixer
- Solutions Operator
- Solvent Mixer
- Spice Mixer
- Sponge Buffer
- Spray Mixer
- Stain Maker
- Starch Treating Assistant
- Stock Preparation Operator
- Supply Controller
- Sweeping Compound Blender
- Syrup Maker
- Syrup Mixer
- Tank Worker
- Tankroom Worker
- Tanning Solution Maker
- Tetryl Dissolver Operator
- Textile Colorist Dyer
- Thinner
- Tinter
- Tobacco Blender
- Tracer Powder Blender
- Tumbler Operator
- Tumbler Tender
- Unleavened Dough Mixer
- Varnish Mixer
- Varnish Thinner
- Vinegar Maker
- Wax Blender
- Weigher and Mixer
- Weigher Bulker
- Wet Mixer
- Wet Pour Mixer
- Wet Primer Powder Blender
- Wet-End Operator
- Wheel Mill Operator
- Whipped Topping Finisher
- Whipped Topping Mixer
- Wine Fermenter
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