description
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
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details
Currently Employed:
2,700
Projected Annual Job Openings:
600
Typical Hourly Wage:
$15.26 - $20.17
Typical Annual Salary:
$31,730 - $41,960
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
1 to 12 months on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
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Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
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Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
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Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
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Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
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Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.
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Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.
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Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
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Remove cooked material or products from equipment.
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Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Cooking machinery
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Forming machine
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Roasting machinery
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Smoking machinery
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Steaming machinery
Technology:
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Data base user interface and query software
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