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Food Batchmakers

$36.58K Median Salary 20.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.6% Job Growth

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About This Career

Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

Reported Job Titles

Batching Operator, Blender, Brewing Technician, Compounder, Dosier Operator, Dough Scaler, Mix Technician, Mixer, Mixer Operator, Syrup Maker

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Information Ordering

Near Vision

Oral Comprehension

Control Precision

Problem Sensitivity

Written Comprehension

Auditory Attention

Category Flexibility

Manual Dexterity

Oral Expression

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Speech Recognition

Knowledge

Food Production

Public Safety and Security

Production and Processing

Education and Training

English Language

Administration and Management

Mechanical

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Operations Monitoring

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Coordination

Operation and Control

Speaking

Technology Skills

Office suite software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Inventory management software

Tools

Commercial use ranges

Metering or injection or proportioning pumps

Cheese making machine

Commercial use mixers

Commercial use food warmers

Commercial use rolling pins

Homogenizers

Commercial use jacketed tilting kettle

Commercial use dough machines

Cutting machinery

Cream separator

Filling machinery

Forming machine

Commercial use scales

Slicing machinery

Cooling machine

Commercial use broilers

Packaging vacuum

Milling machinery

Lifts

Commercial use high pressure steamers

Dehydrating machinery

Food sterilizing machine

Pushcarts

Commercial use microwave ovens

Domestic kitchen or food thermometers

Commercial use deep fryers

Sorting machinery

Manual meat tenderizer

Ice cream machines

Torque wrenches

Abilities

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).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
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.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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.

Knowledge

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.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Technology Skills

Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory

Tools

Commercial use ranges: Electric ovens; Electric stoves; Gas ovens; Gas stoves
Metering or injection or proportioning pumps: Depositing pumps; Injector pumps; Metered transfer pumps; Revolving pan depositors
Cheese making machine: Centrifugal clarifiers; Cheese finishing tables; Cheese presses; Cheese vats
Commercial use mixers: Mixers
Commercial use food warmers: Steam tables
Commercial use rolling pins: Rolling pins
Homogenizers:
Commercial use jacketed tilting kettle: Tilting commercial cooking kettles; Water-cooled kettles
Commercial use dough machines: Dough mixers
Cutting machinery: Brisket cutters
Cream separator: Commercial cream separators
Filling machinery: Sausage linkers
Forming machine: Sheeters
Commercial use scales: Portion scales
Slicing machinery: Slicers
Cooling machine: Cooling tunnels; Pan cooling towers
Commercial use broilers: Broilers; Salamanders
Packaging vacuum: Vacuum package machines
Milling machinery: Ball mills; Flour milling machines
Lifts: Power lifts
Commercial use high pressure steamers: Pressurized steam cookers
Dehydrating machinery: Rotary dryers
Food sterilizing machine: Food sterilizing machines
Pushcarts: Luggage carts
Commercial use microwave ovens: Commercial microwave ovens
Domestic kitchen or food thermometers: Instant-read pocket thermometers; Meat thermometers; Refrigerator thermometers
Commercial use deep fryers: Electric deep-fat fryers; Gas-powered deep-fat fryers
Sorting machinery: Vibrating tables
Manual meat tenderizer: Meat tenderizing tools
Ice cream machines:
Torque wrenches: Hydraulic torque wrenches