Occupation Atlasdairy processing operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9aeefea6-11c3-4479-b703-902ee84787d7
dairy processing operator
Dairy processing operators set up and operate continuous flow or vat-type equipment to process milk, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products following specific instructions, methods and formulas.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 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
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.27
- C Conventional4.47
- I Investigative2.29
- S Social1.10
- E Enterprising1.09
- A Artistic1.00
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 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
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.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- 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
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct cleaning in place
- dairy manufacturing specifications
- disassemble equipment
- ensure sanitation
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow production schedule
- follow verbal instructions
- follow written instructions
- food safety principles
- food storage
- maintain tanks
- monitor milk production deviations
- operate automated process control
- perform cleaning duties
- pump products
- secure goods
- tend dairy processing machines
- use dairy test materials
- work in a food processing team
Optional (27)
- administer ingredients in food production
- administer lactic ferment cultures to manufacturing products
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- apply extruding techniques
- collect samples for analysis
- curdling of cheese
- dispose food waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- execute chilling processes to food products
- fermentation processes of food
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- keep machines oiled for steady functioning
- label samples
- legislation about animal origin products
- lift heavy weights
- manufacturing process of ice cream
- microbiology of fresh milk
- operate a heat treatment process
- operate centrifuges
- operate equipment for food homogenisation
- operate pasteurisation processes
- perform curd processing of cheese
- ripening of cheese
- set up equipment for food production
- temperature scales
- tend milk filling machines
- ultra-high temperature processing
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
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 27 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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