Dairy Products Makers

Dairy products makers process butter and various types of cheese, cream or other dairy products. Tasks include - (a) boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content; (b) separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter; (c) dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk; (d) curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape; (e) salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth; (f) placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese; (g) monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary; (h) recording amounts of ingredients used, test results and time cycles. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Butter maker - Cheese maker Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Dairy products machine operator - 8160 - Milk processing machine operator - 8160.