Separating & Filtering Machine Operator
- Ideal for those who love hands-on work with complex machinery and processes.
- Play a crucial role in refining materials for essential products and industries.
- Unique chance to work with diverse equipment like centrifuges and filter presses.
💰 Earn $47K-$69K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Dump, pour, or load specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage.
- Operate machines to process materials in compliance with applicable safety, energy, or environmental regulations.
- Monitor material flow or instruments, such as temperature or pressure gauges, indicators, or meters, to ensure optimal processing conditions.
- Turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials.
- Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Thinking and problem solving
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Equipment Maintenance
- Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Repairing
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Having freedom
- Job security
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Separating & Filtering Machine Operator
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