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Career Details : Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

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Description

Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum-drying equipment.

Experience

No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.

Education

These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.

Tasks

  • Takes sample of product during or after process for laboratory analysis.
  • Cleans equipment with steam, hot water, and hose.
  • Clears or dislodges blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using pole, brush, or mallet.
  • Observes temperature, humidity, and pressure gauges, or product, and adjusts controls and turns valves to maintain prescribed operating conditions.
  • Observes and listens for machine malfunctions and notifies supervisor when corrective actions fail.
  • Sets temperature and time controls, lights ovens or gas burners, and starts equipment, such as conveyors, blowers, driers, or pumps.
  • Reads work order to determine quantity and type of product to be baked, dried, or roasted.
  • Fills or removes product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoop, peel, or shovel, or by hand.
  • Weighs product, using scale hopper or scale conveyor.
  • Observes, feels, or tastes products after processing to ensure products conform to standards.
  • Tests product for moisture content, using moisture meter.
  • Records production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
  • Smoothes out product in bin, tray, or conveyor, using rake or shovel.
  • Opens valve, discharge gates, or hopper chutes, to load or remove product from oven or equipment.
  • Pushes racks or carts to transfer product to storage or for further processing.
  • Installs equipment, such as spray unit, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools.

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    • Degree of Automation
    • Indoors
    • Consequence of Error
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Importance of Being Sure All Is Done

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