Conveyor Operators and Tenders
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.
- Tasks
- 20 tasks6 core, 14 supplemental
- Family
- Transportation & Material MovingOne of its 57 occupations
- Code
- 53-7011.00SOC 2018: 53-7011
What the work is made of
6 core tasks and 14 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.Core taskTask 10748Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 2. Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.Core taskTask 10750Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 3. Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.Core taskTask 10747Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 4. Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.Core taskTask 10757Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 5. Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.Core taskTask 10755Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 6. Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks.Core taskTask 10760Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 7. Observe packages moving along conveyors to identify packages, detect defective packaging, and perform quality control.Supplemental taskTask 21030Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 8. Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.Supplemental taskTask 10756Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 9. Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.Supplemental taskTask 10744Rated by 103 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 10. Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps.Supplemental taskTask 10753Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 11. Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.Supplemental taskTask 10746Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 12. 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.Supplemental taskTask 10745Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 13. Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets.Supplemental taskTask 10752Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 14. Press console buttons to deflect packages to predetermined accumulators or reject lines.Supplemental taskTask 10764Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 15. Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.Supplemental taskTask 10749Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 16. Affix identifying information to materials or products, using hand tools.Supplemental taskTask 10759Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 17. Move, assemble, and connect hoses or nozzles to material hoppers, storage tanks, conveyor sections or chutes, and pumps.Supplemental taskTask 10761Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 18. Thread strapping through strapping tools and secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions.Supplemental taskTask 10766Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 19. Contact 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.Supplemental taskTask 10754Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 20. Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.Supplemental taskTask 10765Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 53-7011
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