Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
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- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Manufacturing
What do they typically do
- Listen for malfunction alarms, shutting down equipment and notifying supervisors when necessary
- Tend or operate and control equipment such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing
- Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers
- Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients
- Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing
- Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses
- Remove cooked material or products from equipment
- Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.3%
Job Openings 16
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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