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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

$37.79K Median Salary 2.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 4.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

Reported Job Titles

Bean Roaster, Coffee Roaster, Line Operator, Machine Operator, Oven Operator, Oven Technician, Roast Master, Roaster, Roaster Operator, Roasterman

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Category Flexibility

Control Precision

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Speech Recognition

Auditory Attention

Finger Dexterity

Flexibility of Closure

Hearing Sensitivity

Manual Dexterity

Multilimb Coordination

Oral Expression

Rate Control

Speech Clarity

Trunk Strength

Visual Color Discrimination

Written Expression

Knowledge

Production and Processing

English Language

Food Production

Public Safety and Security

Skills

Operations Monitoring

Monitoring

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Operation and Control

Quality Control Analysis

Reading Comprehension

Complex Problem Solving

Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Tools

Roasting machinery

Food drying equipment

Heat exchangers

Cooking machinery

Furnaces

Remote reading thermometers

Hygrometers

Carts

Blowers

Dissolved oxygen meters

Turntables

Pressure gauge

Cooling machine

Belt conveyors

Temperature gauge

Hopper scale

Spectrometers

Commercial use scoops

Humidifiers

Hydraulic pumps

Metallic bins

Loading equipment

Drying racks

Portable data input terminals

Commercial use plastic shovels

Thermostats

Roller conveyors

Moisture meters

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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 that there is a problem.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Knowledge

Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Skills

Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook

Tools

Roasting machinery: Roasting equipment
Food drying equipment: Box barns; Conveyor dryers; Tobacco boxes; Vacuum food drying equipment
Heat exchangers: Heat exchanging units
Cooking machinery: Depanning machines; Egg breaking machines
Furnaces: Industrial ovens
Remote reading thermometers: Non-contact thermometers
Hygrometers: Humidity sticks
Carts: Hand-pushed carts
Blowers: Air cooling systems
Dissolved oxygen meters: Dissolved oxygen monitors
Turntables: Programmable logic controller PLC controlled turntables
Pressure gauge: Underwater pressure gauges
Cooling machine: Cooling tunnels; Pan cooling towers
Belt conveyors: Conveyer belt systems
Temperature gauge: Temperature gauges
Hopper scale: Weigh feeders
Spectrometers: Spectroscopes
Commercial use scoops: Cookie scoops; Flour scoops
Humidifiers: Guitar humidifiers
Hydraulic pumps:
Metallic bins: Food storage bins
Loading equipment: Haul off machines
Drying racks: Tobacco hanging racks
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Commercial use plastic shovels: Food handling shovels
Thermostats: Machine temperature controls
Roller conveyors:
Moisture meters: