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| MINOR GROUP 822: CHEMICAL-PRODUCTS MACHINE OPERATORS
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Chemical-products machine operators operate and monitor
machines which process a variety of chemicals and other
ingredients to produce pharmaceuticals, toiletries, explosives,
photographic or other chemical products, or to finish, plate and
coat metal articles.
Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring
machines which mould, filter, ferment, mix, blend and otherwise
process chemicals and other materials to give them the desired
properties for further industrial production, or to make
finished products; operating and monitoring machines which
finish, plate and coat metal products. Supervision of other
workers may be included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit groups:
8221 Pharmaceutical- and toiletry-products machine
operators
8222 Ammunition- and explosive-products machine operators
8223 Metal finishing-, plating- and coating-machine
operators
8224 Photographic-products machine operators
8229 Chemical-products machine operators not elsewhere
classified
Note
Occupations are classified into major group 7, Craft and
related trades workers, if the tasks are carried out by hand and
by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding
of the work organisation, the materials and tools used and the
nature and purpose of the final product.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work,
and limited initiative or judgement.
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