Will “Drier Take-Off Tender” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-7011.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 33,870.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
• Currently, there are 28,590 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Conveyor Operators and Tenders”.

Also Known As…

• Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Process Operator
• Process Line Operator
• Press Operator
• Packing Line Operator
• Debarker Operator
• Chipper Operator
• Chain Puller
• Cartoner Operator
• Bander
• Assembly Line Tender
• Unscrambler
• Trolley Operator
• Transfer Operator
• Tipple Tender
• Tipple Operator
• Tip-Out Worker
• Stacker Tender
• Spout Tender
• Sinter Feeder
• Silo Tender
• Silo Operator
• Profinish Line Helper
• Production Supply Equipment Tender
• Production Line Technician
• Pneumatic System Conveyor Operator
• Palletizer Operator
• Operator
• Milled Rubber Tender
• Meal Loader
• Material Handler
• Log Sorter Operator
• Grain Loader
• Grain Elevator Operator
• Fruit Distributor
• Forklift Operator
• Finishing Tracker
• Extraction Operator
• Elevator Operator
• Dryer Operator
• Denester Operator
• Cooker Loader
• Conveyor Tender
• Conveyor Technician
• Conveyor System Operator
• Conveyor System Dispatcher
• Conveyor Console Operator
• Conveyor Belt Operator
• Conveyor Attendant
• Console Attendant
• Coke Loader
• Chip Unloader
• Chip Loft Worker
• Chip Bin Operator
• Chip Bin Conveyor Tender
• Char Conveyor Tender
• Cement Loader
• Bull-Chain Operator
• Brick Unloader Tender
• Break Down Operator
• Boom Conveyor Operator
• Bin Tripper Operator
• Beltman
• Belt Tender
• Belt Operator
• Bed Operator
• Bark Belt Operator
• Ash Conveyor Operator
• Aerial Tram Operator

Tasks for “Drier Take-Off Tender”

• Affix identifying information to materials or products, using hand tools.
• Measure dimensions of bundles, using rulers, and cut battens to required sizes, using power saws.
• Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
• Move, assemble, and connect hoses or nozzles to material hoppers, storage tanks, conveyor sections or chutes, and pumps.
• Observe packages moving along conveyors in order to identify packages and to detect defective packaging.
• Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks.
• Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads.
• Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
• Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps.
• Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.
• Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.
• Contact workers in work stations or other departments to request movement of materials, products, or machinery, or to notify them of incoming shipments and their estimated delivery times.
• Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.
• Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.
• Press console buttons to deflect packages to predetermined accumulators or reject lines.
• Operate consoles to control automatic palletizing equipment.
• Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.
• Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.
• Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.
• Thread strapping through strapping tools and secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions.
• Operate elevator systems in conjunction with conveyor systems.
• Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets.
• Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.

Related Technology & Tools

• Protective safety glasses
• Safety gloves
• Wheeled forklifts
• Elevator systems
• Boom conveyors
• Digital video cameras
• Digital floor scales
• Scoops
• Spot welders
• Light industrial vans
• Hydraulic booms
• Screw conveyors
• Vibrating conveyors
• Oil dispensing cans
• Handheld scanners
• Pallet jacks
• Gate pumps
• Automobiles
• Mobile radios
• Laser facsimile machines
• Pickup trucks
• Grain conveyors
• Hydraulic lifts
• Hearing protection plugs
• Belt conveyors systems
• Strapping tools
• Portable power saws
• Hoppers
• Grease dispensing guns
• Sump pumps
• Watering hoses
• Chain conveyor systems
• Automatic palletizing equipment
• Precision rulers
• Electric hoists
• Desktop computers

• Control system software
• Sortation software
• Conveyor control software
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Windows
• Intelligrated InControlWare