description
Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.
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Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
1 to 12 months on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.
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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.
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Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
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Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment.
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Adjust machine or freezer speed and air intake to obtain desired consistency and amount of product.
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Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes.
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Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.
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Correct machinery malfunctions by performing actions such as removing jams, and inform supervisors of malfunctions as necessary.
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Inspect and flush lines with solutions or steam, and spray equipment with sterilizing solutions.
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Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Blast freezers
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Chemical tanks
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Evaporative coolers
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Heat exchangers
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Refrigerant compressors
Technology:
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Electronic mail software
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Office suite software
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Presentation software
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Spreadsheet software
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Word processing software
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