# 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. - Code: 53-7011.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 53-7011) - Family: [Transportation & Material Moving](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-53), one of its 57 occupations - Tasks: 20 tasks (6 core and 14 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/53-7011.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/53-7011.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed. Core task · Task 10748 · Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017 2. Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions. Core task · Task 10750 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 3. Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime. Core task · Task 10747 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 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 task · Task 10757 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 5. Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors. Core task · Task 10755 · Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017 6. Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks. Core task · Task 10760 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017 7. Observe packages moving along conveyors to identify packages, detect defective packaging, and perform quality control. Supplemental task · Task 21030 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 8. Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis. Supplemental task · Task 10756 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017 9. Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor. Supplemental task · Task 10744 · Rated by 103 people who do the job, July 2017 10. Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps. Supplemental task · Task 10753 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017 11. Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows. Supplemental task · Task 10746 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 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 task · Task 10745 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 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 task · Task 10752 · Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017 14. Press console buttons to deflect packages to predetermined accumulators or reject lines. Supplemental task · Task 10764 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017 15. Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants. Supplemental task · Task 10749 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 16. Affix identifying information to materials or products, using hand tools. Supplemental task · Task 10759 · Rated by 104 people who do the job, July 2017 17. Move, assemble, and connect hoses or nozzles to material hoppers, storage tanks, conveyor sections or chutes, and pumps. Supplemental task · Task 10761 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 18. Thread strapping through strapping tools and secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions. Supplemental task · Task 10766 · Rated by 105 people who do the job, July 2017 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 task · Task 10754 · Rated by 106 people who do the job, July 2017 20. Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units. 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