Vocational Programs for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders Career

The role of Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders is to operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $44,840 and $22 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders career. Based on BLS data, a total of 6,500 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders. Total 5 schools are offering certificate programs. If you want to check schools for bachelor's or graduate degrees, check Graphic Communications (other) page.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Graphic Communications (other)	5	$20,388	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders.

Related Occupations toCooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	20,870	$54,340	$26
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	159K	$42,060	$20
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	14,950	$46,540	$22
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	14,520	$45,270	$22
Power Plant Operators	31,490	$91,880	$44
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	33,840	$73,170	$35
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	106K	$47,950	$23
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	14,820	$47,540	$23
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	4,400	$63,810	$31

Schools offering vocational programs for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

The following 5 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.