Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Operate or tend machines to wash or clean products, such as barrels or kegs, glass items, tin plate, food, pulp, coal, plastic, or rubber, to remove impurities.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Add specified amounts of chemicals to equipment at required times to maintain solution levels and concentrations.
• Observe machine operations, gauges, or thermometers, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions.
• Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines.
• Drain, clean, and refill machines or tanks at designated intervals, using cleaning solutions or water.
• Operate or tend machines to wash and remove impurities from items such as barrels or kegs, glass products, tin plate surfaces, dried fruit, pulp, animal stock, coal, manufactured articles, plastic, or rubber.
• Record gauge readings, materials used, processing times, or test results in production logs.
• Examine and inspect machines to detect malfunctions.
• Measure, weigh, or mix cleaning solutions, using measuring tanks, calibrated rods or suction tubes.

Technology

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in CA
  Median $45,150 · Employment 2,450
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in TX
  Median $37,040 · Employment 1,380
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in OH
  Median $45,470 · Employment 1,010
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in IN
  Median $43,820 · Employment 830
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in MI
  Median $44,400 · Employment 820
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in NY
  Median $46,290 · Employment 710
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $45,060 · Employment 700
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in New York, NY
  Median $41,850 · Employment 640
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in GA
  Median $38,430 · Employment 600
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in NJ
  Median $43,600 · Employment 590
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in OK
  Median $40,950 · Employment 450
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary in IA
  Median $46,970 · Employment 430

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