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

  • Food Dehydrator Operator
  • Food Production Worker
  • Processing Operator
  • Bakery Worker
  • Continuous Process Coffee Roaster
  • Curing Room 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.

  • Dump sugar dust from collectors into melting tanks and add water to reclaim sugar lost during processing.
  • Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
  • 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.
  • Take product samples during or after processing for laboratory analyses.

  • Evaluate quality of food ingredients or prepared foods.
  • Inspect food products.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
  • Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.
  • Sterilize food cooking or processing equipment.