How do they match: Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Bakery Worker
  • Curing Room Worker
  • Food Production Worker
  • Oven Worker
  • Smokehouse Worker

  • Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
  • Read work orders to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted.
  • Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.