Jobs Similar to Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders and Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders: $41,330 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $51,610 (+25%) · High school · Same group
- 2Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $45,760 (+11%) · High school · Same group
- 3Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $48,750 (+18%) · High school
- 4Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $44,350 (+7%) · High school
- 5Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $46,550 (+13%) · High school
- 6Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
81% similar · $96,710 (+134%) · High school
- 7Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $48,540 (+17%) · High school · Same group
- 8Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $38,760 (−6%) · High school
- 9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $46,330 (+12%) · High school
- 10Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
81% similar · $77,320 (+87%) · High school
- 11Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
81% similar · $46,350 (+12%) · High school
- 12Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $50,140 (+21%) · High school
- 13Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,530 (+5%) · High school · Same group
- 14Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,990 (+19%) · High school · Same group
- 15Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $46,460 (+12%) · High school · Same group
- 16Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $38,180 (−8%) · High school
- 17Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $49,080 (+19%) · High school
- 18Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $49,030 (+19%) · High school
- 19Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $48,250 (+17%) · High school · Same group
- 20Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
79% similar · $50,060 (+21%) · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers81% similar · $96,710 (+134%)
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators81% similar · $77,320 (+87%)
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders83% similar · $51,610 (+25%)
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic80% similar · $50,140 (+21%)
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners79% similar · $50,060 (+21%)
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders80% similar · $48,990 (+19%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
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Jobs that can lead here
Careers where cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (85)
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (85)
- Food Batchmakers (84)
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (84)
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (81)
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81)
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (80)
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (80)
- Biofuels Processing Technicians (78)
- Biomass Plant Technicians (78)
Questions about jobs like cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
What jobs are most similar to cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar), Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar), Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar), Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (81% similar) and Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (81% similar).
Which jobs like cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +134%; usually a high school diploma), Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +87%; usually a high school diploma) and Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ($51,610, +25%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders ($41,330). Without more preparation than cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators and Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.