What You'll Do

  • Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
  • Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads.
  • Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
  • Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.
  • Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.
  • Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.
  • Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.
  • Operate elevator systems in conjunction with conveyor systems.
  • Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets.
  • Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps.

Essential Skills

Operations Monitoring 4.0/5
Operation and Control 4.0/5
Monitoring 3.38/5
Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.0/5
Reading Comprehension 2.88/5
Troubleshooting 2.88/5
Quality Control Analysis 2.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.88/5
Time Management 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Cautiousness, Stress Tolerance, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.75/5
Control Precision 3.75/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.62/5
Oral Expression 3.5/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.5/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.38/5
Multilimb Coordination 3.38/5
Perceptual Speed 3.25/5

Technologies & Tools

SAP software Control system software Conveyor control software Sortation software Intelligrated InControlWare Microsoft Windows Microsoft Excel

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.24/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.04/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 3.67/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 3.48/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

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Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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