Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders - 51-3091.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

DOT Titles Included in this O*NET-SOC Code

  • Bone-Char Kiln Operator
  • Cocoa-Bean Roaster I
  • Coffee Roaster
  • Coffee Roaster, Continuous Process
  • Corn Popper
  • Curing-Bin Operator
  • Dehydrator Tender
  • Drier Attendant
  • Drier Operator
  • Drier Operator
  • Drier Operator
  • Drier Operator, Drum
  • Drier Tender
  • Drier Tender
  • Drier Tender I
  • Drier, Belt Conveyor
  • Drier, Long Goods
  • Drum Drier
  • Firer, Kiln
  • Fish Smoker
  • Grain Drier
  • Grain-Drier Operator
  • Grain-Wafer-Machine Operator
  • Granulator Operator
  • Gunner
  • Instantizer Operator
  • Kiln Operator, Malt House
  • Malt Roaster
  • Nut Roaster
  • Oven Operator
  • Oven Operator, Automatic
  • Oven Tender
  • Pretzel Cooker
  • Pulp-Drier Firer
  • Redrying-Machine Operator
  • Roaster, Grain
  • Smoker
  • Steam-Oven Operator
  • Sugar Drier
  • Tobacco Curer
  • Tobacco-Drier Operator
  • Vacuum Drier Operator
  • Wafer-Machine Operator
  • Wine Pasteurizer

Sample of Occupations in this SOC Family

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Clean equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses.
  • Clear or dislodge blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using poles, brushes, or mallets.
  • Dump sugar dust from collectors into melting tanks and add water, in order to reclaim sugar lost during processing.
  • Fill or remove product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoops, peels, or shovels, or by hand.
  • Install equipment, such as spray units, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools.
  • Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
  • Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples, and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, in order to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
  • Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing, in order to ensure conformance to standards.
  • Open valves, gates, or chutes, or use shovels in order to load or remove products from ovens or other equipment.
  • Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.
  • Push racks or carts in order to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.
  • Read work orders in order to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted.
  • Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
  • Set temperature and time controls; light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters; and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.
  • Signal coworkers in order to synchronize flow of materials.
  • Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels.
  • Start conveyors to move roasted grain to cooling pans and agitate grain with rakes as blowers force air through perforated bottoms of pans.
  • Take product samples during and/or after processing for laboratory analyses.
  • Test products for moisture content, using moisture meters.
  • Weigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adjust production equipment/machinery setup
  • clean equipment or machinery
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
  • load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
  • maintain consistent production quality
  • maintain production or work records
  • measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
  • operate food processing production equipment/machinery
  • read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
  • understand food processing directions
  • use hand or power tools
  • use precision measuring tools or equipment