How do they match: Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Dog and Cat Food Cook
  • Molasses and Caramel Operator

  • Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food 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.
  • Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
  • Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.
  • Notify or signal other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete.
  • Operate auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products.
  • Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
  • 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.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow.
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
  • Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
  • Load materials into 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 grinding equipment.
  • Operate mixing equipment.
  • Operate pumping systems or equipment.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Sterilize food cooking or processing equipment.
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.