831199 - Food and Drink Factory Workers nec

Description

This occupation group covers Food and Drink Factory Workers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level

5

Specialisations

• • Coffee Roaster
  • Egg Factory Worker
  • Ice-cream Maker
  • Margarine Maker
  • Pasta Maker

Skills Assessment Authority

Caveats

No caveats apply to this occupation.

Group: 8311 Food and Drink Factory Workers

Description

perform routine tasks in manufacturing food and beverages.

Tasks

• • weighing, measuring, mixing, dissolving and boiling ingredients
  • adding materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food and beverages
  • operating heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant
  • monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting
  • treatment conditions when necessary
  • operating machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables
  • cleaning equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintaining infestation control programs
  • regulating speed of conveyors and crusher rollers, and adjusting tension of rollers to ensure total extraction of juice from sugar cane
  • moving products from production lines into storage and shipping areas
  • packaging and bottling products

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

In New Zealand:

NZ Register Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Occupations in this Group

• • 831111 Baking Factory Worker
  • 831112 Brewery Worker
  • 831113 Confectionery Maker
  • 831114 Dairy Products Maker
  • 831115 Fruit and Vegetable Factory Worker
  • 831116 Grain Mill Worker
  • 831117 Sugar Mill Worker
  • 831118 Winery Cellar Hand
  • 831199 Food and Drink Factory Workers nec