How do they match: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

  • Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
  • Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Examine materials, ingredients, or products, visually or with hands, to ensure conformance to established standards.
  • Load materials into machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials.
  • Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
  • Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
  • Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.
  • Turn valves to regulate the moisture contents of materials.
  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.

  • Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
  • Evaluate quality of materials or products.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Prepare materials for processing.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.