How do they match: 51-3093.00 - Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

Operate auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products.
Admit required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency.
Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
Notify or signal other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete.
Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.
Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.
Remove cooked material or products from equipment.
Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.

Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
Operate grinding equipment.
Operate mixing equipment.
Operate pumping systems or equipment.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Inspect food products.
Load materials into production equipment.
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Record operational or production data.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.

How do they match: Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders