Will “Batch Freezer Operator” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

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.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9193.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,100.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
• Currently, there are 8,170 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders”.

Also Known As…

• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Refrigeration Technician
• Refrigeration Operator
• Refrigeration Lead
• Production Operator
• Machine Operator
• Freezer Person
• Freezer Operator
• Engine Room Operator
• Compressor Room Operator
• Compressor Operator
• Votator Machine Operator
• Spreading Machine Operator
• Refrigeration Person
• Refrigeration Mechanic
• Refrigeration Engine Operator
• Refrigerating Machine Operator
• Paradichlorobenzene Tender
• Novelty Maker
• Mold Cooler
• Mechanic
• Meat Cooler
• Icebox Worker
• Icebox Man
• Ice Puller
• Ice Plant Operator
• Ice Maker
• Ice Cream Vault Worker
• Hog Cooler
• Freezing Machine Operator
• Freezer Tunnel Operator
• Freezer Machine Operator
• Freezer Laboratory Technician
• Freezer
• Engineer
• Dispensing Operator
• Dispensing Lead
• Crystallizer Operator
• Crystalizer Tender
• Crystalizer Operator
• Crystalizer
• Cooling Pan Tender
• Cooling Machine Operator
• Cooler Tender
• Cooler Operator
• Chilling Hood Operator
• Chiller Tender
• Chiller Operator
• Brewery Worker
• Brewery Cellar Worker
• Boiler Operator
• Boiler Mechanic
• Batch Freezer
• Barrel Filler
• Ammonia Refrigeration Worker

Tasks for “Batch Freezer Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

• Hand expansion valves
• Scissor lifts
• Rotary screw compressors
• Freezing agitators
• Magnehelic pressure gauges
• pH testers
• Water chilling systems
• Auto-purgers
• Immersion freezers
• Protective glasses
• Secondary fluid pumps
• Decontamination shower stations
• Telescopic booms
• Eyewash stations
• Rotary vane compressors
• Shell and tube heat exchangers
• Portable fire extinguishers
• Low pressure accumulators
• Flash intercoolers
• Flooded evaporators
• Recirculators
• Spiral freezers
• Evaporative condensers
• Protective ear plugs
• Personal computers
• Surge drums
• Liquid overfeed evaporators
• Compound gauges
• Refrigerant compressors
• Back-pressure regulators
• Ultraviolet UV lamps
• Ammonia detectors
• Air compressors
• Oil level regulators
• Impervious boots
• Positive displacement compressors
• Pressure relief valves
• Digital calipers
• Reciprocating compressors
• Oil separators
• Oil coolers
• Plate heat exchangers
• Falling film heat exchangers
• Intercoolers
• Digital flowmeters
• Air-cooled condensers
• Volt meters
• Ohm meters
• Digital manometers
• Ice cube forming machines
• Scraped surface heat exchangers
• Belt freezers
• Defrost relief valves
• High pressure receivers
• Digital hydrometers
• Thermosiphon oil coolers
• Air purifying respirators
• Depth gauges
• Thermostatic expansion valves
• Fluidized bed freezers
• Blast tunnel freezers
• Ammonia pressure gauges
• Boiler generators
• Direct expansion evaporators
• Digital micrometers
• Thermal fluid systems
• Refrigerant pumps
• Hermetic pumps
• Liquid level indicators
• Batch freezers
• Water-cooled condensers
• Electronic refrigerant leak detectors
• Remote thermometers
• Plate freezers
• Handheld refractometers
• Oil pumps
• Digital ammeters

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• Microsoft Excel
• Gmail
• Microsoft PowerPoint