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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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

Bean Roaster
Coffee Roaster
Line Operator
Machine Operator
Oven Operator

Oven Technician
Roast Master
Roaster
Roaster Operator
Roasterman

SOC Occupation Groups

51-0000	Production Occupations
51-3000	Food Processing Workers
51-3090	Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers
51-3091.00	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

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Tasks

Clean equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses.
Clear or dislodge blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using poles, brushes, or mallets.
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, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
Open valves, gates, or chutes or use shovels 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 to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.
Read work orders 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 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 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 equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
Clear equipment jams.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Evaluate quality of food ingredients or prepared foods.
Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
Inspect food products.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
Operate pumping systems or equipment.
Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Record operational or production data.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Signal others to coordinate work activities.
Sterilize food cooking or processing equipment.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Weigh finished products.