Separating & Filtering Machine Operator

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Separating & Filtering Machine Operator

Ideal for those who love hands-on work with complex machinery and processes.
Play a crucial role in refining materials for essential products and industries.
Unique chance to work with diverse equipment like centrifuges and filter presses.

💰 Earn $47K-$69K

📚 High School Diploma or GED

⏱️ 6–12 MONTH TRAINING

📈 1.7% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

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. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.

Dump, pour, or load specified amounts of refined or unrefined materials into equipment or containers for further processing or storage.
Operate machines to process materials in compliance with applicable safety, energy, or environmental regulations.
Monitor material flow or instruments, such as temperature or pressure gauges, indicators, or meters, to ensure optimal processing conditions.
Turn valves or move controls to admit, drain, separate, filter, clarify, mix, or transfer materials.
Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.

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Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

5,400 Annually

Median Earnings

$57,460 in California

$48,120 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Thinking and problem solving
Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Equipment Maintenance
Monitoring
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Repairing

You value 🙏

Having support
Having freedom
Job security

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Separating & Filtering Machine Operator

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Bachelor's Degree

A bachelor's degree typically results in increased knowledge about a variety of academic subjects, specialized knowledge in a focused field of study, and is considered the foundational qualification for many careers.

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