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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
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This source lists 19 tasks, including 10 marked Core and 9 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 07/2017.
19 tasks shown
Core · Task 10058 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
Core · Task 10061 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.
Core · Task 10059 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
Core · Task 10062 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
Core · Task 10063 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
Core · Task 10064 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Weigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors.
Core · Task 10060 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.
Core · Task 10076 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Signal coworkers to synchronize flow of materials.
Core · Task 10065 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Read work orders to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted.
Core · Task 10067 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Fill or remove product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoops, peels, or shovels, or by hand.
Supplemental · Task 10066 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Take product samples during or after processing for laboratory analyses.
Supplemental · Task 10075 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Test products for moisture content, using moisture meters.
Supplemental · Task 10070 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Clear or dislodge blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using poles, brushes, or mallets.
Supplemental · Task 10072 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Start conveyors to move roasted grain to cooling pans and agitate grain with rakes as blowers force air through perforated bottoms of pans.
Supplemental · Task 10068 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Open valves, gates, or chutes or use shovels to load or remove products from ovens or other equipment.
Supplemental · Task 10069 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Clean equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses.
Supplemental · Task 10073 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels.
Supplemental · Task 10074 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Install equipment, such as spray units, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools.
Supplemental · Task 10071 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Push racks or carts to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.
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