How do they match: Conveyor Operators and Tenders

  • Chip Loft Worker
  • Tip-Out Worker

  • 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.

  • Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.
  • 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.
  • Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks.
  • Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.
  • Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
  • Observe packages moving along conveyors to identify packages, detect defective packaging, and perform quality control.
  • Operate consoles to control automatic palletizing equipment.

  • Control pumps or pumping equipment.
  • Clean facilities or work areas.
  • Maintain material moving equipment in good working condition.
  • Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures.