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Job Name	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipit. & Still Machine Operators
Description	Set up, operate, or 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. Include dairy processing equipment operators. Exclude workers who operate equipment to control chemical changes or reactions.
Category	Miscellaneous Production
SOC Code	51-9012
Job Tasks	High risk job tasks associated with this job: Dye fur with compounds containing amines Generate bioaerosols derived from milk, eggs, or animal serum Generate bioaerosols of biological enzymes Generate guar gum bioaerosols Generate latex dust in manufacturing latex products Grind, mix, or weigh dyes or apply dyes to textiles Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria Manufacture arsenical pesticides Manufacture rosin core solder Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols of cheese containing Penicillum species Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols of moldy barley Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols of moldy wood pulp Use benzene to manufacture products Use chromates or dichromates in tanning Worked in pulp and paper mill for years with repeated heavy exposures to irritating gases