Conveyor Operators and Tenders

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.
2. 02Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.
3. 03Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
4. 04Weigh 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.
5. 05Operate consoles to control automatic palletizing equipment.
6. 06Contact 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.
7. 07Measure dimensions of bundles, using rulers, and cut battens to required sizes, using power saws.
8. 08Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.
9. 09Thread strapping through strapping tools and secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions.
10. 10Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.
11. 11Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
12. 12Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.

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