What do cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders do?
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.
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Job titles to recognize in your search
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- Certified Refrigeration Operator
- Compressor Operator
- Engine Room Operator
- Freezer Operator
- Freezer Person
- Ice Cream Maker
- Machine Operator
- Refrigeration Operator
Core tasks to compare with a job posting
- Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.
- Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
- Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
- Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes.
- Correct machinery malfunctions by performing actions such as removing jams, and inform supervisors of malfunctions as necessary.
- Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools.
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- Choose two or three tasks above that match the posting and your actual experience.
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- Practice explaining your contribution, decisions and results before an interview.
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