Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.

What a separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setter, operator, and tender does

Become a separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setter, operator, and tender

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setter, operator, and tender

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $26 per hour with an average salary of $53,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $21 and $29 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $44,400 and $61,100 per year.

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, And Still Machine Setter, Operator, And Tender job outlook

  • There are 1,487 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 238 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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