Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operator and Tender resume
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Also called chiller tender, cooler tender, cooling pan tender and crystalizer tender.
$41,330
Median pay a year
6,900
People do this work
6
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Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operator and Tender
Summary
Cooling and freezing equipment operator managing machines like refrigerators and freezers to cool or freeze products, food, and chemicals. Responsibilities include monitoring temperatures, adjusting controls, and maintaining equipment
Experience
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operator and Tender
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Recorded temperatures and amounts of materials processed on report forms
Monitored pressure gauges and thermometers, and adjusted controls to maintain conditions
Started machinery like pumps and conveyors, and turned valves to transfer products
Measured and loaded specified amounts of ingredients into tanks or hoppers
Inspected and flushed lines with solutions, and sprayed equipment with sterilizing solutions
Scraped excess frost or ice from equipment to prevent buildup using hand tools
Activated mechanical rakes to control flow of ice from storage bins to vats
Skills
Hands-On Work
Adjusting equipment controls, Loading materials into production equipment, Mixing substances, Cleaning production equipment
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Recorded temperatures and test resultsMonitored gauges and adjusted controlsRead dials to check mixturesStarted machinery and turned valvesCorrected machine problems and informed supervisorsMeasured and loaded ingredients into tanks
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Monitored gauges and adjusted controls to maintain proper temperatures and ensure efficient operation of cooling and freezing equipment.
Started machinery and adjusted valves to initiate cooling and freezing processes
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Monitored gauges and adjusted controls to maintain proper temperatures, reducing equipment downtime and improving product quality
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Reduced equipment downtime and improved product qualityEnsured consistent product temperatures for better resultsHelped maintain optimal conditions for processing
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Add how often you started machinery and adjusted valves.
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Started machinery and adjusted valves to initiate cooling and freezing processes
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Several times each shift to keep processes runningRegularly throughout the day for continuous operationMultiple times per hour to maintain efficiency
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Adjusting equipment controls
Loading materials into production equipment
Monitoring instruments
Monitoring equipment operation
Testing chemical characteristics
Measuring substances
Weighing finished products
Mixing substances
Cleaning production equipment
Sterilizing food equipment
Installing mechanical components
Collecting samples of materials
The work itself
What a Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operator and Tender does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operator and Tender make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$36,380
Median
$41,330
75th percentile
$49,550
About 6,900 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.