Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
• Operate pumping systems or equipment.
• Clean work areas.
• Sterilize food cooking or processing equipment.
• Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.

• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Load materials into production equipment.
• Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
• Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Inspect food products.
• Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
• Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
• Operate mixing equipment.
• Signal others to coordinate work activities.
• Record operational or production data.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow.
• Operate grinding equipment.

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