Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Production · SOC 51-9023

0.0% AI Exposure — Low

$48,990

Median Annual Salary

Average

O*NET Outlook

14,900

Proj. Annual Openings

94,920

Employment (OEWS 2025)

100/100

AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%

AI Resiliency100/100

Exposure BandLow

Sector Avg. Exposure0.8%

1.Operations Monitoring

2.Operation and Control

3.Reading Comprehension

4.Critical Thinking

5.Monitoring

O*NET occupation profile

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Common titles: Batchmaker, Blender, Blending Technician (Blending Tech), Ink Blender, Issuing Operator, Machine Operator

•Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
•Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
•Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
•Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
•Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.

•Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
•Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
•Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
•Weigh finished products.
•Operate mixing equipment.

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