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Conveyor Operators and Tenders: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.
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This source lists 23 tasks, including 8 marked Core and 15 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2026.
23 tasks shown
Core · Task 10755 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.
Core · Task 10757 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.
Core · Task 10750 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.
Core · Task 21030 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Observe packages moving along conveyors to identify packages, detect defective packaging, and perform quality control.
Core · Task 10744 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
Core · Task 10749 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.
Core · Task 10747 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.
Core · Task 10748 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.
Supplemental · Task 10746 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Manipulate controls, levers, and valves to start pumps, auxiliary equipment, or conveyors, and to adjust equipment positions, speeds, timing, and material flows.
Supplemental · Task 10760 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks.
Supplemental · Task 10764 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Press console buttons to deflect packages to predetermined accumulators or reject lines.
Supplemental · Task 10766 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Thread strapping through strapping tools and secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions.
Supplemental · Task 10751 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Operate elevator systems in conjunction with conveyor systems.
Supplemental · Task 10745 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads.
Supplemental · Task 10752 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets.
Supplemental · Task 10758 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Operate consoles to control automatic palletizing equipment.
Supplemental · Task 10754 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Contact workers in work stations or other departments to request movement of materials, products, or machinery, or to notify them of incoming shipments and their estimated delivery times.
Supplemental · Task 10759 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Affix identifying information to materials or products, using hand tools.
Supplemental · Task 10756 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.
Supplemental · Task 10761 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Move, assemble, and connect hoses or nozzles to material hoppers, storage tanks, conveyor sections or chutes, and pumps.
Supplemental · Task 10753 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps.
Supplemental · Task 10763 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Measure dimensions of bundles, using rulers, and cut battens to required sizes, using power saws.
Supplemental · Task 10765 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.
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