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	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	Biofuels Processing Technicians	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	Quality Control Analysts	Chemical Plant and System Operators
SUMMARY	73% High Risk	41% Moderate Risk	51% Moderate Risk	38% Low Risk	58% Moderate Risk	64% High Risk
JOB SCORE	2.9/10	6.4/10	3.6/10	5.2/10	3.7/10	3.1/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	36% (Low Risk, Based on 66 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	56% (Moderate Risk, Based on 54 votes)	53% (Moderate Risk, Based on 51 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-4.3%	16.1%	1.6%	1.2%	3.5%	-6.1%
WAGES	$49,500 or $23.80 per hour	$63,760 or $30.65 per hour	$61,710 or $29.67 per hour	$71,190 or $34.22 per hour	$60,130 or $28.91 per hour	$73,540 or $35.35 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	54,200	421,940	15,950	685,140	71,400	17,840
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DESCRIPTION	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.	Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.	Calculate, measure, load, mix, and process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels and monitor production process. Perform, and keep records of, plant maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections.	Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.	Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability sample tests.	Control or operate entire chemical processes or system of machines.

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