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Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders - 51-3093.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Fryer Operator
  • Cook
  • Processor
  • Kettle Fry Cook Operator
  • Machine Operator
  • Processing Operator
  • Retort Operator
  • Mogul Operator
  • Peeler Operator
  • Master Cook

SOC Occupation Groups

51-0000 Production Occupations
51-3000 Food Processing Workers
51-3090 Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers
51-3093.00 Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

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Tasks

  • Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
  • Admit required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency.
  • Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
  • Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
  • Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.
  • Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
  • Notify or signal other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete.
  • Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
  • Operate auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products.
  • Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.
  • Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
  • Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
  • Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.
  • Remove cooked material or products from equipment.
  • Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.
  • Tend or operate and control equipment such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
  • Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adjust production equipment/machinery setup
  • clean equipment or machinery
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • 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
  • operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom
  • perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
  • read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
  • signal directions or warnings to coworkers
  • understand food processing directions
  • use precision measuring tools or equipment

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

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