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Tasks & work activities — soap maker

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-9023.00 (Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 8131; 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.