List of Career Duties Under Soap Business Sector

» List of Career Duties Under Soap Business Sector

Tend mixer that compounds cleaning powder
Open valves to admit specified quantities of ingredients into mixer or weighs dumps ingredients into mixer, using scale
Press button or moves lever to activate mixer that blends ingredients for designated time
Stop machine opens valve to discharge cleaning powder into storage bins
May draw sample of blended ingredients for laboratory analysis
May keep production log.

Tend centrifuge and auxiliary equipment that washes dries slurry solution, formed during making of soap, to recover glycerin-free salt
Test sample of slurry from decantation tank for salt content to define rate of flow of solution into centrifuge hopper, using testing instruments, like hydrometer
Turn valve to run slurry into centrifuge presses switch to start machine
Observe gauges to verify rate of flow adjusts thermostat to regulate temperature of water in centrifuge
Open valves to fill drums or silo with salt flakes
Turn valve to discharge liquid into holding tanks
May dissolve salt in liquid to make brine perform specific gravity test, using hydrometer.

Tend battery of machines that grind and filter copra dried coconut meat into coconut oil meal
Turn valves to regulate flow of steam that heats crushing machine to specified temperature
Start conveyors, crushing machines and expeller signals worker to start feeding copra into feed hoppers
Feel ground copra to make sure that texture conforms to specifications
Observe oil flowing from expeller for presence of excess solids, and feels coconut meal to define if meal contains excessive oil
Observe gauges clarity of oil leaving filter presses to define if pressure inside filters is within specified limits
Transfer oil to standby filter presses when clarity or pressure deviates from prescribed standards
Record oil meal production in log.

Tend machines that mix specified quantities types of liquid, powder, and paste ingredients to form slurry for processing into soap products, like bars, flakes, chips, and granules
Pull slide from discharge chute of hopper to admit preweighed dry materials into tank, or shovels preweighed solid ingredients into tank
Open valves to add specified amount of water, paste, or steam
Start agitator to mix materials for prescribed period of time
Observe gauge adjusts valves to maintain specified temperature
Weigh and dumps specified additional ingredients or adjusts scale tank pumps in additional ingredients
Turn valve to pump completed batch to booster tank, or shovels completed batch into wheelbarrow
Draw sample of slurry for laboratory analysis
Record number of batches mixed.

Weigh dumps specified dry materials into feeder hopper of crutcher equipment, that forms slurry for processing into soap powder
Open valves of supply tanks and waterlines to add prescribed liquid paste
Mix dye according to specifications dumps dye into batch
Change cleans strainers
Sweep cleans work area.

Tend cutting and stamping equipment that cuts bars of soap from logs long bars of soap embosses bars with firm name or trademark
Move controls to regulate machine speed to maintain uniform movement of soap through plodder bar-forming machine , cutting stamping machines and cooling tower
Examine soap bars for clean-cut form & uniform color stops equipment when bars are defective, unbolts plodder and removes accumulated soap from plodder plate
May rub bars under running water to test them for smoothness
Send sample bars to laboratory for moisture tests
May tend press that presses bars into specified shape.

Feed soap slabs into machine that cuts slabs into bars
Place slab of soap on cradle of machine
Start motor or depresses clutch to activate mechanism that forces slab through cutting frame, divides it into bars and deposits bars in racks at opposite end of cradle
Inspect bars for specified size
Remove scrap soap from cutter dumps it into hopper for reprocessing
Push rack dolly into dryer
May draw cutting wires through soap slab, using hand-powered winch
May be designated according to size or weight of slab cut as Slabber, Light soap rel. .

Feed soap slabs into machine that cuts slabs into bars
Place slab of soap on cradle of machine
Start motor or depresses clutch to activate mechanism that forces slab through cutting frame, divides it into bars and deposits bars in racks at opposite end of cradle
Inspect bars for specified size
Remove scrap soap from cutter dumps it into hopper for reprocessing
Push rack dolly into dryer
May draw cutting wires through soap slab, using hand-powered winch
May be designated according to size or weight of slab cut as Slabber, Light soap rel. .

Tend equipment and machinery that converts viscous soap into flakes removes excess moisture from flakes
Turn valves to admit refrigerated water into rollers to chill them to specified temperature to harden soap
Open valve to allow viscous soap to flow from crutcher machine into chamber equipped with chilling rollers
Start rollers to press soap into sheets
Adjust flaking knives that cut sheets of soap into flakes
Turn valve to regulate flow of flakes into drier
Turn valves to admit steam to drying cylinders oven jackets to heat drier to specified temperature
Remove sample of dried flakes tests for moisture content, using moisture testing apparatus
Adjust temperatures accordingly
Open valve to discharge dried flakes onto conveyor belt leading to storage bins
May sharpen flaking knives, using hand file
May tend equipment to convert liquid insecticide into flakes be designated Flaker Operator chemical .

Tend equipment and machinery that converts viscous soap into flakes removes excess moisture from flakes
Turn valves to admit refrigerated water into rollers to chill them to specified temperature to harden soap
Open valve to allow viscous soap to flow from crutcher machine into chamber equipped with chilling rollers
Start rollers to press soap into sheets
Adjust flaking knives that cut sheets of soap into flakes
Turn valve to regulate flow of flakes into drier
Turn valves to admit steam to drying cylinders oven jackets to heat drier to specified temperature
Remove sample of dried flakes tests for moisture content, using moisture testing apparatus
Adjust temperatures accordingly
Open valve to discharge dried flakes onto conveyor belt leading to storage bins
May sharpen flaking knives, using hand file
May tend equipment to convert liquid insecticide into flakes be designated Flaker Operator chemical .

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