ISCO Unit Group 8160 Food And Related Products Machine Operators
Definition
Food And Related Products Machine Operators: Food and related products machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals and trim meat from carcasses; bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves.
Tasks include -
(a) operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun and slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts;
(b) setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products;
(c) operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products;
(d) attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin;
(e) operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing;
(f) mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment;
(g) processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.
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
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Bottling machine operator- 8183
