What You'll Do

  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
  • 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.

Essential Skills

Operations Monitoring 3.62/5
Operation and Control 3.62/5
Reading Comprehension 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Equipment Maintenance 3.12/5
Troubleshooting 3.12/5
Repairing 3.12/5
Quality Control Analysis 3.12/5
Time Management 3.12/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Integrity, Initiative, Achievement/Effort

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Near Vision 3.38/5
Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.25/5
Manual Dexterity 3.25/5
Oral Comprehension 3.12/5
Written Comprehension 3.12/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.12/5
Information Ordering 3.12/5
Category Flexibility 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Email software Enterprise resource planning ERP software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word Operational databases SAP software Spreadsheet software Word processing software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.07/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.0/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 3.86/5)
  • Initiative (High importance: 3.65/5)
  • Achievement/Effort (High importance: 3.57/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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