Crushing Machine Operator
What the work is
Operates crushers and other machines to crush materials, ores and minerals for processing or transport.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Operates and maintains crushing machines and equipment to crush materials such as cement, ore, rock and coal
- Ensures proper feed rate of material for consistent operations
- Adjusts machine settings to achieve desired granularity and consistency of crushed materials
- Monitors the crushing process for any abnormalities and malfunctions, and makes required adjustments
- Dislodges and clears jammed materials or other items from machinery or equipment, and transfers crushed materials between work areas using loaders, excavators or other earthmoving machinery
- Examines crushed materials visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the sterile services department of a fictional regional hospital, plus a stone benchtop workshop in the same town. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- Every tray goes out to theatre complete, clean and checked, with time to spare
- A slab of stone is cut so cleanly that the join between two pieces is hard to see
- A busy day ends with nothing missing and the whole team sitting down for lunch
Hard days
- An urgent request arrives for something that cannot be made safe any faster
- Hours standing, wearing protective gear, in a warm and noisy room
- A counted set that comes back with something missing and no obvious reason
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 731934, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.