Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders
Code: 51-9111.00
Description : Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
JobTitles : Machine Operator, Bundler, Packaging Operator, Closing Machine Operator, Filler Operator, Packing Machine Operator, A-Operator, Fabrication Technician, Adjuster/Packer, Chemical Operator
Tasks:
- Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
- Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn't sticking properly.
- Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations.
- 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.
- Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
- Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
- Start machine by engaging controls.
- Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
- Count and record finished and rejected packaged items.