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Details for Machine Feeders and Offbearers


Description

Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.

Tasks

  • Add chemicals, solutions, or ingredients to machines or equipment as required by the manufacturing process.
  • Load materials and products into machines and equipment, or onto conveyors, using hand tools and moving devices.
  • Push dual control buttons and move controls in order to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment.
  • Remove materials and products from machines and equipment, and place them in boxes, trucks or conveyors, using hand tools and moving devices.
  • Shovel or scoop materials into containers, machines, or equipment for processing, storage, or transport.
  • Transfer materials and products to and from machinery and equipment, using industrial trucks or hand trucks.
  • Clean and maintain machinery, equipment, and work areas to ensure proper functioning and safe working conditions.
  • Fasten, package, or stack materials and products, using hand tools and fastening equipment.
  • Identify and mark materials, products, and samples, following instructions.
  • Inspect materials and products for defects, and to ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Open and close gates of belt and pneumatic conveyors on machines that are fed directly from preceding machines.
  • Record production and operational data, such as amount of materials processed.
  • Weigh or measure materials or products to ensure conformance to specifications.

Interests

  • Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Education, Training, Experience

  • Education - These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
  • Training - Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
  • Experience - Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a teller might benefit from experience working directly with the public, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be a teller with little difficulty.

Knowledge

  • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  • Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Skills

  • Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

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