Will “Tumbling Machine Operator” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Adjust, clean, and lubricate mechanical parts of machines, using hand tools and grease guns.

• Record gauge readings, materials used, processing times, or test results in production logs.

• Drain, clean, and refill machines or tanks at designated intervals, using cleaning solutions or water.

• Load machines with objects to be processed and unload them after cleaning, placing them on conveyors or racks.

• 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.

• Examine and inspect machines to detect malfunctions.

• Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines.

• Measure, weigh, or mix cleaning solutions, using measuring tanks, calibrated rods or suction tubes.

• Draw samples for laboratory analysis, or test solutions for conformance to specifications, such as acidity or specific gravity.

• 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.