Occupation Atlasfood production operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e3dc66de-99c7-4607-a82b-7244036d316d
food production operator
Food production operators supply and perform one or more tasks in different stages of the food production process. They perform manufacturing operations and processes to foods and beverages, perform packaging, operate machines manually or automatically, follow predetermined procedures, and take food safety regulations on board.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.09
- C Conventional4.65
- E Enterprising2.62
- I Investigative2.11
- A Artistic1.91
- S Social1.50
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Food Batchmakers (51-3092.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- clean food and beverage machinery
- disassemble equipment
- ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain
- ensure sanitation
- follow production schedule
- food authentication techniques
- food ethics
- food fraud
- food safety principles
- food waste monitoring systems
- keep inventory of goods in production
- lift heavy weights
- listen actively
- monitor ingredient storage
- monitor the production line
- promote ethical eating
- support management of raw materials
Optional (54)
- adjust drying process to goods
- administer materials to tea bag machines
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply different dehydration processes of fruits and vegetables
- apply extruding techniques
- apply preservation treatments
- centrifugal force
- check bottles for packaging
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- circular economy
- cleaning of reusable packaging
- condiment manufacturing processes
- conduct cleaning in place
- dispose food waste
- dispose non-food waste within the food industry
- energy efficiency
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- ensure correct goods labelling
- examine production samples
- execute chilling processes to food products
- fermentation processes of food
- follow evaluation procedures of materials at reception
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food canning production line
- food homogenisation
- food storage
- handle kitchen equipment
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- hydrogenation processes for edible oils
- label samples
- measure sugar refinement
- milk production process
- mitigate waste of resources
- modern brewing systems
- monitor almond blanching process
- monitor coating specifications
- monitor filling machines
- monitor milled food products
- monitor oil blending process
- monitor sugar uniformity
- mould chocolate
- operate automated process control
- operate forklift
- perform carbonation processes
- perform cleaning duties
- project management
- rectify spirits
- set up equipment for food production
- tend bottle-washing machine
- tend packaging machines
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
- weigh materials
- work according to recipe
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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