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Food and Drink Factory Workers
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Food and Drink Factory Workers
Food and Drink Factory Workers perform routine tasks in manufacturing food and beverages.
Fun facts
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Strong Future Growth
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1208 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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75% full-time Full-Time Share
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30% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by food and drink factory workers. A few are listed below:
- weighing, measuring, mixing, dissolving and boiling ingredients
- adding materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food and beverages
- operating heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant
- monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
- operating machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables
- cleaning equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintaining infestation control programs
- regulating speed of conveyors and crusher rollers, and adjusting tension of rollers to ensure total extraction of juice from sugar cane
- moving products from production lines into storage and shipping areas
- packaging and bottling products
Specific occupations
- Baking Factory Worker
- Brewery Worker
- Confectionery Maker
- Dairy Products Maker
- Fruit and Vegetable Factory Worker
- Grain Mill Worker
- Sugar Mill Worker
- Winery Cellar Hand
- Food and Drink Factory Worker
- Coffee Roaster
- Egg Factory Worker
- Ice-cream Maker
- Margarine Maker
- Pasta Maker
- Biscuit Factory Worker
- Bread Room Hand
- Chocolate Maker
- Butter Maker
- Cheese Factory Worker
- Cheese Maker
- Milk Processing Worker
- Milk Treater
- Pasteuriser Operator
- Yoghurt Maker
- Stockfeed Miller