Will “Merchant Miller” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.

• Inspect chains, belts, or scrolls for signs of wear.

• Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.

• Mark bins as to types of mixtures stored.

• Notify supervisors of needed repairs.

• Load materials into machinery and equipment, using hand tools.

• Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems.

• Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials.

• Set mill gauges to specified fineness of grind.

• Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.

• Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.

• Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.

• Record data from operations, testing, and production on specified forms.

• Clean work areas.

• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.

• Clean, adjust, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.

• Examine materials, ingredients, or products, visually or with hands, to ensure conformance to established standards.

• Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.

• Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.

• Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.

• Turn valves to regulate the moisture contents of materials.