| 1. | Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements. |
| 2. | Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment. |
| 3. | Start machines to mix or blend ingredients; then allow them to mix for specified times. |
| 4. | 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. |
| 5. | Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery and equipment. |
| 6. | Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. |
| 7. | Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained, and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures. |
| 8. | Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing. |
| 9. | Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices. |
| 10. | Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands, in order to ensure conformance to established standards. |
| 11. | Record operational and production data on specified forms. |
| 12. | Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools. |
| 13. | Tend accessory equipment such as pumps and conveyors to move materials or ingredients through production processes. |
| 14. | Read work orders to determine production specifications and information. |
| 15. | Compound and process ingredients or dyes according to formulas. |
| 16. | Unload mixtures into containers or onto conveyors for further processing. |
| 17. | Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools. |
| 18. | Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools. |
| 19. | Open valves to drain slurry from mixers into storage tanks. |