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

  • Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
  • Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
  • Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
  • Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
  • Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
  • 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.

  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.