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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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  • 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

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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, Sterilizing food equipment
Core Skills
Monitoring instruments, Monitoring equipment operation
Checking & Planning
Testing chemical characteristics, Measuring substances, Weighing finished products

Education

  • High School Diploma
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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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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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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.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AL$29,020$35,280$38,400
AR$36,050$38,090$39,900
CA$36,620$42,100$51,090
CO$45,410$46,160$49,030
CT$38,760$41,080$43,370
FL$41,000$45,270$48,190
GA$39,180$46,770$48,550
HI$36,670$37,990$40,150
IA$42,510$62,520$82,790
ID$48,350$48,360$62,080
IL$49,200$49,200$65,350
IN$40,630$55,730$82,190
KY$39,400$40,840$40,840
MA$35,480$46,800$47,860
MI$29,000$31,700$38,120
MN$46,350$46,910$49,840
MO$41,430$53,940$59,490
MS$29,200$38,200$38,880
NC$37,270$39,030$41,450
NE$47,440$68,170$69,910
NJ$46,300$51,460$59,580
NY$38,170$45,460$62,710
OH$43,850$48,160$55,500
OK$34,740$39,630$45,170
OR$34,420$40,030$49,360
PA$36,090$39,360$48,880
SC$35,140$39,640$40,800
SD$36,030$45,520$46,450
TN$35,420$37,780$43,470
TX$32,220$35,810$43,190
UT$41,380$45,500$45,500
VA$34,950$35,370$39,340
WA$49,550$50,870$52,730
WI$45,480$47,060$56,940

Other names

Other names for this job

chiller tender, cooler tender, cooling pan tender, crystalizer tender, paradichlorobenzene tender, ammonia refrigeration worker, batch freezer, batch freezer operator, brewery cellar worker, brewery worker, cellar person, certified refrigeration operator.

More names for this work

chiller operator, chilling hood operator, compressor operator, cooler, cooler case picker, cooler operator, cooling machine operator, crystalizer, crystalizer operator, crystallizer operator, dairy freezer operator, dispensing operator, engine room operator, freezer, freezer case picker, freezer laboratory technician, freezer machine operator, freezer manager, freezer operator, freezer person, freezer tunnel operator, freezing machine operator, hog cooler, ice cream maker, ice cream vault worker, ice maker, ice plant operator, ice puller, icebox man, icebox worker, machine operator, maintenance mechanic, meat cooler, mold cooler, novelty maker, refrigerating machine operator, refrigeration engine operator, refrigeration operator, refrigeration person, refrigeration technician, spreading machine operator, votator machine operator.

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    Median pay$41,330 a year

    What you have not done yet. Monitoring instruments, Measuring substances, Weighing finished products

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