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Clean work areas.
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Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
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Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
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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.
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Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools.
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Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
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Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.
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Add or mix chemicals or ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
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Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks.
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Record operational or production data on specified forms.
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Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
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Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
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Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
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Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps or conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
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Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
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Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
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Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
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Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery or equipment, using hand tools.
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Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
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Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools.