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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

US jobs
94,920
Median wage
$48,990 a year
Job family
Production and manufacturing

Can agents do the work of mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 10%Operate industrial processing or production equipmentNot measured
  • 10%Operate pumping systems or equipmentNot measured
  • 10%Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processingNot measured
  • 10%Prepare mixtures or solutionsNot measured
  • 9%Test characteristics of materials or productsNot measured
  • 8%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
  • 7%Maintain tools or equipmentNot measured
  • 6%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in production and manufacturing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
  • Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
  • Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
  • Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
  • Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
  • Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
  • Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials, such as spices, dough batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
  • Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
  • Record operational or production data on specified forms.
  • Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
  • Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing.
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