Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
SOC Code: 51-9192
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenderss add specified amounts of chemicals to equipment at required times to maintain solution levels and concentrations. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 84.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 84.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$41,460
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Job Growth
3.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Time Management
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
Common Tasks
- ✓Add specified amounts of chemicals to equipment at required times to maintain solution levels and concentrations.
- ✓Observe machine operations, gauges, or thermometers, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions.
- ✓Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines.
- ✓Drain, clean, and refill machines or tanks at designated intervals, using cleaning solutions or water.
- ✓Operate or tend machines to wash and remove impurities from items such as barrels or kegs, glass products, tin plate surfaces, dried fruit, pulp, animal stock, coal, manufactured articles, plastic, or rubber.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation