What are the responsibilities and job description for the BATCH OPERATOR TL position at Peco Foods?
Job Details
Description
Summary:
- This position tends machines that mix stock or poultry feed according to formula and conveys it to packing machine or storage:
- Dumps specified number of sacks of meal, mash, grain, and meat scrap into machine hopper, or presses buttons on control panel to transfer individual ingredients from separate bins to batch scale hopper until specified weight of each ingredient is obtained.
- Weighs additives, such as minerals and vitamins, and dumps them into hopper.
- Starts machine to mix ingredients, and start elevators and conveyors to transfer feed to storage tanks or packing machine hoppers.
- May tend machines that automatically weigh out specified amounts of mash and grain prior to mixing with ingredients and be designated Feeder Operator, Automatic (grain-feed mills).
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED;
Language Ability:
Must have the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, write simple correspondence and to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Math Ability:
Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills:
Some Computer skills needed.
Certificates and Licenses:
Certifications or licenses to be completed after hired for position.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk; sit; reach, push and pull with hands and arms; climb or balance; talk or hear and smell. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
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