# Tasks & work activities — slate mixer

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-9023.00 (Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 8114; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

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

## Detailed work activities

- Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
- Clean facilities or work areas.
- Clean production equipment.
- Clean work areas.
- Clear equipment jams.
- Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
- Load materials into production equipment.
- Maintain production or processing equipment.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
- Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
- Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
- Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
- Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
- Operate mixing equipment.
- Operate pumping systems or equipment.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Record operational or production data.
- Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
- Weigh finished products.