Conveyor Operators & Tenders
Chain Puller, Chipper Operator, Debarker Operator, Process Operator
see titles from the Marine Corps.
Packaging Specialist; Warehouse Clerk
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
- Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads.
- Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Industrial control software
- Control system software
- Conveyor control software
Operating system software
Data base user interface and query software
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some college or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$31,410
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Marine Corps.
