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Food Batchmakers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
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This source lists 25 tasks, including 14 marked Core and 11 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: 08/2021.
25 tasks shown
Core · Task 4919 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
Core · Task 4921 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
Core · Task 4924 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
Core · Task 4925 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
Core · Task 4926 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color.
Core · Task 4931 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Give directions to other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process.
Core · Task 4927 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales.
Core · Task 4922 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment, such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps.
Core · Task 4929 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Determine mixing sequences, based on knowledge of temperature effects and of the solubility of specific ingredients.
Core · Task 4923 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions, such as leaks or plugging, and report malfunctions or undesirable tastes to supervisors.
Core · Task 4920 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Observe gauges and thermometers to determine if the mixing chamber temperature is within specified limits, and turn valves to control the temperature.
Core · Task 4928 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Turn valve controls to start equipment and to adjust operation to maintain product quality.
Core · Task 4941 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Modify cooking and forming operations based on the results of sampling processes, adjusting time cycles and ingredients to achieve desired qualities, such as firmness or texture.
Core · Task 4934 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Examine, feel, and taste product samples during production to evaluate quality, color, texture, flavor, and bouquet, and document the results.
Supplemental · Task 4935 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Test food product samples for moisture content, acidity level, specific gravity, or butter-fat content, and continue processing until desired levels are reached.
Supplemental · Task 4933 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Inspect vats after cleaning to ensure that fermentable residue has been removed.
Supplemental · Task 4930 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Fill processing or cooking containers, such as kettles, rotating cookers, pressure cookers, or vats, with ingredients, by opening valves, by starting pumps or injectors, or by hand.
Supplemental · Task 4943 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Manipulate products, by hand or using machines, to separate, spread, knead, spin, cast, cut, pull, or roll products.
Supplemental · Task 4939 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Cool food product batches on slabs or in water-cooled kettles.
Supplemental · Task 4942 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Place products on carts or conveyors to transfer them to the next stage of processing.
Supplemental · Task 4932 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Homogenize or pasteurize material to prevent separation or to obtain prescribed butterfat content, using a homogenizing device.
Supplemental · Task 4938 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Grade food products according to government regulations or according to type, color, bouquet, and moisture content.
Supplemental · Task 4940 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Operate refining machines to reduce the particle size of cooked batches.
Supplemental · Task 4936 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Formulate or modify recipes for specific kinds of food products.
Supplemental · Task 4937 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Inspect and pack the final product.
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