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

  • Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Processing Operator
  • Bakery Worker
  • Continuous Process Coffee Roaster
  • Curing Room Worker
  • Food Production Worker
  • Oven Worker
  • Smokehouse Worker

  • Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

  • Clean equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses.
  • Clear or dislodge blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using poles, brushes, or mallets.
  • Dump sugar dust from collectors into melting tanks and add water to reclaim sugar lost during processing.
  • Fill or remove product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoops, peels, or shovels, or by hand.
  • Install equipment, such as spray units, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools.
  • Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
  • Open valves, gates, or chutes or use shovels to load or remove products from ovens or other equipment.
  • Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.
  • Push racks or carts to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.
  • Read work orders to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted.
  • Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
  • Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.
  • Take product samples during or after processing for laboratory analyses.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
  • Clear equipment jams.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
  • Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
  • Operate pumping systems or equipment.
  • Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.
  • Sterilize food cooking or processing equipment.
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.