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AI for Refrigeration Equipment Operators

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders · O*NET 51-9193.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

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AI you can use for this job

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What this job involves

18 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 18.

  1. Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.
  2. Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
  3. Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
  4. Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment.
  5. Adjust machine or freezer speed and air intake to obtain desired consistency and amount of product.
  6. Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes.
  7. Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.
  8. Correct machinery malfunctions by performing actions such as removing jams, and inform supervisors of malfunctions as necessary.
  9. Inspect and flush lines with solutions or steam, and spray equipment with sterilizing solutions.
  10. Load and position wrapping paper, sticks, bags, or cartons into dispensing machines.
  11. Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
  12. Start agitators to blend contents, or start beater, scraper, and expeller blades to mix contents with air and prevent sticking.
  13. Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools.
  14. Insert forming fixtures, and start machines that cut frozen products into measured portions or specified shapes.
  15. Place or position containers into equipment, and remove containers after completion of cooling or freezing processes.
  16. Scrape, dislodge, or break excess frost, ice, or frozen product from equipment to prevent accumulation, using hands and hand tools.
  17. Activate mechanical rakes to regulate flow of ice from storage bins to vats.
  18. Stir material with spoons or paddles to mix ingredients or allow even cooling and prevent coagulation.
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