• Food Batchmakers
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 30,318
    $18,100 range bar $51,069
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
    Image of growth rate score 5
    Very Fast Growing
  • Food Batchmakers set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products.

What do they typically do

  • Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas
  • Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle
  • Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps
  • Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients
  • Turn valve controls to start equipment and to adjust operation to maintain product quality
  • Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients to make food products according to formulas or recipes
  • Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales
  • Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +2.0%
Job Openings 13

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