Food and Drink Factory Workers Nec

Overview

This occupation group covers Food and Drink Factory Workers not elsewhere classified. Occupations include: Coffee Roaster; Egg Factory Worker; Ice-cream Maker; Margarine Maker; Pasta Maker

Skills

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below. AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

Tasks

• weighing, measuring, mixing, dissolving and boiling ingredients
• adding materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food and beverages
• operating heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant
• monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
• operating machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables
• cleaning equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintaining infestation control programs
• regulating speed of conveyors and crusher rollers, and adjusting tension of rollers to ensure total extraction of juice from sugar cane
• moving products from production lines into storage and shipping areas
• packaging and bottling products

Related Occupations

• Baking Factory Worker
• Brewery Worker
• Confectionery Maker
• Dairy Products Maker
• Fruit and Vegetable Factory Worker
• Grain Mill Worker
• Sugar Mill Worker
• Winery Cellar Hand