How do they match: Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

  • Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

  • Adjust machine or freezer speed and air intake to obtain desired consistency and amount of product.
  • Insert forming fixtures, and start machines that cut frozen products into measured portions or specified shapes.
  • Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
  • Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
  • Scrape, dislodge, or break excess frost, ice, or frozen product from equipment to prevent accumulation, using hands and hand tools.
  • Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes.
  • Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
  • Install mechanical components in production equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
  • Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
  • Weigh finished products.