Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders
Also called:
Machine Operator, Bundler, Packaging Operator, Closing Machine Operator
What they do:
Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Label making software
Electronic mail software
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high school diploma or
some high school
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$25,620
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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