How do they match: Food Batchmakers

  • Ingredient Handler

  • Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

  • Determine mixing sequences, based on knowledge of temperature effects and of the solubility of specific ingredients.
  • Fill processing or cooking containers, such as kettles, rotating cookers, pressure cookers, or vats, with ingredients, by opening valves, by starting pumps or injectors, or by hand.
  • Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
  • Modify cooking and forming operations based on the results of sampling processes, adjusting time cycles and ingredients to achieve desired qualities, such as firmness or texture.
  • Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
  • Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales.
  • Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.

  • Evaluate quality of food ingredients or prepared foods.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.