Description
Operate and tend automated washing equipment to clean and sanitize reusable containers—such as bottles, jars, kegs, drums, and totes—removing residues and contaminants to meet specifications.
- • Operate and tend container-washing machines to remove residues and contaminants from bottles, jars, kegs, drums, and totes.
- • Add specified amounts of detergents, sanitizers, and other chemicals to tanks at required intervals to maintain solution levels and concentrations.
- • Drain, clean, and refill wash and rinse tanks on schedule using water and approved cleaning solutions.
- • Measure, weigh, or mix cleaning and sanitizing solutions using measuring tanks, calibrated rods, or suction tubes.
- • Draw solution samples or test for pH, conductivity, or specific gravity to verify conformance to specifications.
- • Monitor machine operations, gauges, and thermometers, and adjust controls to maintain temperature, pressure, flow, and cycle parameters.
- • Set controls for wash, rinse, and sanitize cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, sprayers, and agitators.
- • Inspect machines, spray nozzles, and filters to detect clogs, leaks, or malfunctions.
- • Record readings, chemicals used, batch numbers, cycle times, and test results in logs or electronic systems.
- • Perform routine cleaning, adjustments, and lubrication of machine components using hand tools and grease guns.
- • Load dirty containers onto the machine and unload cleaned containers to conveyors, racks, or pallets, inspecting cleanliness and integrity.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
