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Occupational Employment Statistics


DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

53-7011 Conveyor Operators and Tenders



Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 7011$18.76/hr$17.73/hr$17.75/hr$18.03/hr$20.40/hr$20.75/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
ManufacturingN/AN/A
Trade, Transportation and Utilities380$18.71/hr
Financial ActivitiesN/AN/A
Professional and Business ServicesN/AN/A
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2022-2032
Central Minnesota N/AN/A0.0%
Northeast Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/AN/AN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Northeast Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Southwest Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Rochester MN MSA 30$17.50/hrN/A
Southeast Balance of State 40$20.72/hrN/A
Southeast Minnesota 50$19.02/hr2.2%
Northwest Balance of State 60$18.03/hrN/A
Northwest Minnesota 70$18.03/hrN/A
Southwest Minnesota 100$19.59/hr0.0%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 310$22.68/hr5.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 320$22.66/hrN/A
Minnesota 590$20.72/hr2.7%




  • Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.
  • Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets.
  • Operate elevator systems in conjunction with conveyor systems.
  • Clean, sterilize, and maintain equipment, machinery, and work stations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants.
  • Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads.
  • Measure dimensions of bundles, using rulers, and cut battens to required sizes, using power saws.
  • Affix identifying information to materials or products, using hand tools.
  • Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.
  • Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.
  • Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.