Food and Beverage Process Operator

Specialisations: Soft Drinks Blending Process Operator, Meat Process Operator, Liquid Dairy Reception Process Operator, Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery Process Operator, Plant Baking Process Operator, Fruit and Vegetable Process Operator, Packaging Operator, Cereals Process Operator, Savoury Snack Process Operator, Seafood Process Operator, Biscuit Confectionery Process Operator, Starch Process Operator, Pasta Making Process Operator

• Operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing
• Operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products
• Operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts
• Processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products
• Setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products
• Mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment
• Attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin