Occupation Atlasfood grader
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b4306d87-7992-47fc-914a-4485a4e7003c
food grader
Food graders inspect, sort and grade food products. They grade food products according to sensory criteria or with the help of machinery. They determine the product's use by grading them into the appropriate classes and discarding damaged or expired foods. Food graders measure and weigh the products and report their findings so the food can be further processed.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.57
- C Conventional5.04
- I Investigative4.51
- E Enterprising1.96
- S Social1.73
- A Artistic1.33
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 Science Technicians (19-4013.00): 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 (30)
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.
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assess quality characteristics of food products
- ensure correct goods labelling
- food and beverage industry
- food authentication techniques
- food legislation
- food materials
- food preservation
- food product ingredients
- food safety principles
- food safety standards
- food science
- food storage
- functional properties of foods
- grade foods
- identify nutritional properties of food
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- legislation about animal origin products
- manage time in food processing operations
- perform food risk analysis
- perform food safety checks
- perform quality audits
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
- prepare visual data
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- quality assurance methodologies
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
- store raw food materials
- work in a food processing team
- work independently in service of a food production process
Optional (14)
- advice food processing professionals
- advise on food preservation
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply scientific methods
- develop standard operating procedures in the food chain
- exert quality control to processing food
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- handle communications in the food processing industry
- identify hazards in the workplace
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
- measure precise food processing operations
- perform detailed food processing operations
- provide food labelling expertise
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
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