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Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 14 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures.Stays human Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
• Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.Stays human Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Turn valves and direct flow of coolants or cutting oil over cutting areas.Stays human Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Admit required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency.Stays human Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Control coolant systems.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Fill oil cups, adjust valves, and observe gauges to control flow of metal coolants and lubricants onto workpieces.Stays human Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Turn valve handles to direct the flow of coolant onto work areas or to coat disks with spinning compounds.Stays human Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Turn valves or pull levers to start and regulate the flow of coolant or lubricant to work areas.Stays human Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Turn valves to start flow of coolant against cutting areas or to start airflow that blows cuttings away from kerfs.Stays human Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.Stays human Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
• Activate mechanical rakes to regulate flow of ice from storage bins to vats.Stays human Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Brush or spray lubricating compounds on workpieces, or turn valve handles and direct flow of coolant against tools and workpieces.Stays human Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Start machines and turn handwheels or valves to engage feeding, cooling, and lubricating mechanisms.Stays human Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.Stays human Pourers and Casters, Metal