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Overview
Slate mixers tend conveyors, chutes, gauges and mixer settings, test raw minerals, prepare samples and keep equipment running for mineral-product production.
In job descriptions, look for slate granules, asphalt mixes, discharge conveyors, chutes, gauges, sample preparation, raw mineral testing, mixer cleaning, protective equipment and work-progress records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Slate mixers work in mineral-products production with granules, conveyors, chutes, gauges and mixing equipment. The task is to keep slate material flowing, blended and ready for asphalt-coated roofing surfaces.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes feeding the mixer, tending discharge conveyors, controlling chutes, monitoring gauges, cleaning equipment, raw mineral tests and sample preparation. Records help track batches and work progress.
Salary context
Pay context usually reflects machine responsibility, product consistency, safety exposure, sample or testing duties, maintenance tasks, production volume and whether the operator adjusts process settings.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior mineral-product machine operation, asphalt mix production, process monitoring, maintenance support, quality sampling or broader cement, stone and mineral plant work.
Good to know
Read vacancies for mixer type, granule materials, conveyor duties, gauge checks, PPE requirements, cleaning routines, sample handling and whether laboratory tests are part of the job.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is asphalt plant operator.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-9023.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
23.99Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
Alternative labels
slate mixing machine operative
slate granule mixer operator
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Occupation group
Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators (8114)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0477b9b0-8d2d-4eec-aaad-bac11092e98b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8114.6 |
| ISCO group | 8114 |
| Concept type | Occupation |