• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 40,766
    $33,044 range bar $57,513
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Moderately Growing
  • Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, and tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment, filter presses, shaker screens, centrifuges, condenser tubes, precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks, scrubbing towers, or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. This category includes dairy processing equipment operators.

What do they typically do

  • Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis
  • Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure
  • Measure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed
  • Examine samples visually or by hand to check qualities like clarity, cleanliness, consistency, dryness, and texture
  • Test samples using test equipment such as viscometers, pH meters, or hydrometers
  • Start machines and then turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials
  • Keep logs of instrument readings, test results, and shift production, and send production information to computer databases
  • Monitor material flow or instruments such as temperature or pressure gauges, indicators, or meters to ensure the best processing conditions

Number of Jobs

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Job Growth +0.9%
Job Openings 46

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    These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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