PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATOR AND TENDER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
• 2) Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
• 3) Tend or operate machine that packages product.
• 4) Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
• 5) Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
• 6) Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
• 7) Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
• 8) Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
• 9) Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
• 10) Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
• 11) Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
• 12) Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
• 13) Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn’t sticking properly.
• 14) Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item and pack the items in cartons or containers.
• 15) Start machine by engaging controls.
• 16) Count and record finished and rejected packaged items.
• 17) Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
• 18) Supply materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and unload packaged product.
• 19) Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations.
• 20) Clean packaging containers, line and pad crates, and/or assemble cartons to prepare for product packing.

Activities:

• 1) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 2) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 3) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• 4) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• 5) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 6) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• 7) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 8) Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
• 9) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• 10) Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
• 11) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 12) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 13) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 14) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 15) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 16) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 17) Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment — Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
• 18) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 19) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• 20) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 21) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 22) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• 23) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 24) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 25) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 26) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Abilities:

• 1) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 2) Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• 3) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 4) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 5) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 6) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• 7) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Reaction Time — The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• 10) Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• 11) Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.
• 12) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 13) Response Orientation — The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
• 14) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 15) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 16) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 17) Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
• 18) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 19) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• 20) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• 21) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 22) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
• 23) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness
• 24) Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• 25) Hearing Sensitivity — The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
• 26) Rate Control — The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
• 27) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 28) Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• 29) Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
• 30) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Knowledge

• 1) Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• 2) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• 3) Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• 4) Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• 5) Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.