CODE: 680.685-066Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): MIXING-MACHINE OPERATOR (fabrication, nec) alternate titles: blending-machine operator

Tends machine that cleans, straightens, and blends brush-filling materials, such as horsehair, nylon, vegetable fibers, and plastic filaments: Loosens wing-nuts and adjusts conveyor guides to accommodate length of materials to be processed. Removes materials from container according to predetermined sequence and places them on machine conveyor with flag (split) ends together. Moves lever to set specified speed of machine cycle. Starts machine and observes material until blending conforms with prescribed standards. Removes and packs or wraps blended material. Cleans machine, using airhose. May apply antistatic lubricant to material, using brush.
GOE: 06.04.09 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 92965 Crushing, Grinding, Mixing, and Blending Machine Operators and Tenders