Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
• Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.
• Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
• Correct machinery malfunctions by performing actions such as removing jams, and inform supervisors of malfunctions as necessary.
• Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes.
• Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

• Adjust machine or freezer speed and air intake to obtain desired consistency and amount of product.
• Scrape, dislodge, or break excess frost, ice, or frozen product from equipment to prevent accumulation, using hands and hand tools.
• Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.
• Stir material with spoons or paddles to mix ingredients or allow even cooling and prevent coagulation.
• Start agitators to blend contents, or start beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent sticking.
• Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment.
• Load and position wrapping paper, sticks, bags, or cartons into dispensing machines.
• Insert forming fixtures, and start machines that cut frozen products into measured portions or specified shapes.
• Place or position containers into equipment, and remove containers after completion of cooling or freezing processes.
• Inspect and flush lines with solutions or steam, and spray equipment with sterilizing solutions.
• Position molds on conveyors, and measure and adjust level of fill, using depth gauges.
• Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
• Activate mechanical rakes to regulate flow of ice from storage bins to vats.

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)