Description
Monitor and tend conveyor systems moving materials or products between stockpiles, processing areas, and vehicles. Adjust flow devices and ancillary equipment, clear jams, and perform routine cleaning and checks to maintain safe, efficient movement.
- • Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to direct material flow between conveyors.
- • Weigh or measure materials and products to verify loads and prevent overloads.
- • Start and stop conveyors and auxiliary equipment; adjust speeds, timing, and flows as directed.
- • Monitor lights, gauges, and conveyor operation to maintain set levels and detect malfunctions.
- • Stop equipment and clear jams or remove damaged materials safely.
- • Clean and maintain conveyors, work areas, and tools; apply lubricants and sanitizers.
- • Record weights, types, quantities, storage locations, and downtime or performance issues.
- • Notify supervisors of malfunctions and coordinate service requests.
- • Follow production and delivery schedules to route materials and arrange pallets and destinations.
- • Load, unload, or reposition materials on conveyors by hand or with lifts or hoists.
- • Collect material or product samples for checks or laboratory analysis.
- • Affix labels or tags and other identifying information to materials or products.
- • Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to workstations using lifts or trucks.
- • Move, assemble, and connect hoses, chutes, and nozzles to hoppers, tanks, and pumps.
- • Press console buttons to divert packages to accumulators or reject lines.
- • Assist in repairing or replacing wear parts such as blades, rolls, belts, and pumps.
- • Join conveyor frame sections and connect power units at temporary setups.
- • Thread and tension strapping; secure battens to build protective pallets.
- • Communicate with other departments about incoming shipments and material movements.
- • Inspect packages on conveyors to identify items and detect defects for quality control.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
