Also called: Batch Operator, Blender Operator
Runs mixers that combine ingredients into products like paint, adhesives, animal feed, rubber and cleaning products.
You read the batch ticket, weigh out ingredients, and add them to a huge mixer in the right order. You check thickness and color against a sample before sending the batch on.
BLS mixing and blending machine setters; approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school plus on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Recipe software and automated dosing handle most mixing; fewer operators run each line.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at paint, adhesive, feed and cleaning-product plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Chemistry, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9023.
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