Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders — Tasks

Task statements

• Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.
• Clean, adjust, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
• Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
• Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials.
• Notify supervisors of needed repairs.
• Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Record data from operations, testing, and production on specified forms.
• Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems.
• Inspect chains, belts, or scrolls for signs of wear.
• Clean work areas.
• Examine materials, ingredients, or products, visually or with hands, to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.
• Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
• Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
• Mark bins as to types of mixtures stored.
• Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.
• Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
• Load materials into machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
• Turn valves to regulate the moisture contents of materials.
• Set mill gauges to specified fineness of grind.