Food and Related Products Machine Operators

Food and related products machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals and trim meat from carcasses; bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves. Tasks include - (a) operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun and slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts; (b) setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products; (c) operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products; (d) attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin; (e) operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing; (f) mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment; (g) processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Bakery products machine operator - Bread production machine operator - Chocolate production machine operator - Cigarette production machine operator - Cigar production machine operator - Dairy products machine operator - Fish processing machine operator - Meat processing machine operator - Milk processing machine operator Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Bottling machine operator - 8183.