Job Description: 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.
Daily Life Of a Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operator or TenderStart agitators to blend contents, or start beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent sticking.Adjust machine or freezer speed and air intake to obtain desired consistency and amount of product.Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.Place or position containers into equipment, and remove containers after completion of cooling or freezing processes.Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment.Insert forming fixtures, and start machines that cut frozen products into measured portions or specified shapes.What Every Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operator or Tender Should KnowBelow is a list of the skills most Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders say are important on the job.
Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Salary for a Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operator or TenderCooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders make between $22,140 and $49,740 a year.
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders who work in New Hampshire, Minnesota, or Oregon, make the highest salaries.
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