// Unit group · 8160

Food and Related Products Machine Operators

Food and related machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals, trim meat from carcasses, and bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 816 Food and Related Products Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldMachineryNoiseShift work

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts

setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products

operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products

attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin

operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing

mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment

processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.

Included occupations

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

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Bottling machine operator - 8183

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