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Also called food and tobacco roasting baking and drying machine operators and tenders, automatic oven operator, bakery production associate and bakery production worker.
$44,810
Median pay a year
20,370
People do this work
6
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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operator and Tender
Summary
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operator tending equipment that roasts, bakes, and dries food items like cocoa and coffee beans while monitoring conditions and recording production data
Experience
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operator and Tender
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated equipment that roasted, baked, dried, or cured food items like cocoa and coffee beans
Set temperature and time controls, and started ovens, burners, and driers
Observed temperature, humidity, and pressure gauges, and adjusted controls to maintain conditions
Recorded production data, including weight, type of product, and processing time and temperature
Filled or removed product from trays or equipment using scoops, peels, or by hand
Cleaned equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses to maintain hygiene
Pushed racks or carts to transfer products to storage or cooling stations
Reading work orders or instructions, Monitoring instruments, Watching operating equipment, Measuring product dimensions, Evaluating food ingredient quality, Sterilizing food equipment, Moving equipment between areas, Removing products
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Checked products for qualitySet time and temperature controlsWatched machines for problemsWrote down production detailsMeasured products with scalesOperated machines for food processing
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Checked products for quality, maintaining high standards throughout production
Monitored machines for operational issues, ensuring smooth processing of food products
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Show what improved once the quality checks were in place
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Checked products for quality, leading to fewer defects in final products
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Fewer defects in final productsIncreased customer satisfactionLess waste during production
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Mention if you were trusted to handle any machine repairs
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Monitored machines for operational issues, ensuring smooth processing of food products
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Trained new operators on machine checksLed shift when supervisor was absentHandled minor repairs independently
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Inspecting food products
Reading work orders or instructions
Monitoring instruments
Watching operating equipment
Weighing finished products
Measuring product dimensions
Evaluating food ingredient quality
Sterilizing food equipment
Moving equipment between areas
Removing products
Collecting samples of materials
Feeding materials or products
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What a Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operator and Tender does
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Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
What it pays
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Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$37,540
Median
$44,810
75th percentile
$50,680
About 20,370 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$44,750
$55,280
$56,370
AR
$37,600
$45,080
$47,710
AZ
$38,750
$43,010
$48,730
CA
$38,370
$45,600
$49,030
CO
$45,970
$59,590
$64,970
CT
$38,790
$41,720
$46,260
FL
$28,400
$35,340
$41,300
GA
$34,460
$37,390
$42,290
HI
$38,740
$45,390
$46,240
IA
$45,110
$47,960
$52,650
ID
$38,970
$48,250
$48,900
IL
$38,160
$38,230
$42,650
IN
$40,730
$43,370
$47,390
KS
$43,360
$44,550
$45,890
KY
$32,720
$48,540
$64,470
LA
$34,300
$38,440
$44,800
MA
$41,360
$45,400
$50,590
MD
$47,230
$60,170
$78,750
ME
$44,790
$50,220
$52,090
MI
$40,920
$48,240
$51,790
MN
$46,960
$50,340
$65,780
MO
$37,200
$43,460
$47,440
MS
$33,320
$37,030
$39,140
MT
$32,370
$35,360
$43,680
NC
$28,920
$35,980
$53,580
ND
$50,350
$77,300
$77,320
NE
$38,680
$43,410
$52,850
NJ
$37,140
$37,140
$40,950
NM
$33,730
$35,480
$44,740
NV
$48,570
$54,950
$60,620
NY
$43,570
$49,020
$53,030
OH
$37,790
$44,190
$45,030
OK
$36,440
$42,390
$42,390
OR
$39,580
$46,250
$58,240
PA
$45,140
$49,660
$57,120
SC
$36,680
$40,000
$45,110
SD
$38,380
$45,040
$45,430
TN
$35,550
$39,130
$45,470
TX
$32,240
$37,140
$43,480
UT
$42,830
$47,940
$52,060
VA
$41,280
$59,260
$84,520
VT
$40,990
$40,990
$48,100
WA
$43,810
$50,590
$61,170
WI
$40,140
$48,560
$56,100
Other names
Other names for this job
food and tobacco roasting baking and drying machine operators and tenders, automatic oven operator, bakery production associate, bakery production worker, bakery worker, baking assistant, bean roaster, belt conveyor drier, bone char kiln operator, bun panner, buttermilk drier operator, chocolate temperer.
More names for this work
cocoa bean roaster, cocoa roaster, coffee roaster, continuous process coffee roaster, corn popper, curing bin operator, curing room worker, dehydrator operator, dehydrator tender, drier, drier attendant, drier operator, drier tender, drum drier, drum drier operator, dryer operator, drying machine operator, enrober, enrober operator, fish salter, fish smoker, flaker operator, food dehydrator operator, food production worker, fruit dryer, furnace operator, grain drier, grain drier operator, grain roaster, grain wafer machine operator, granulator operator, gunner, ham curer, ham smoker, icing machine operator, instantizer operator, kiln firer, line operator, linter drier operator, long goods drier, machine operator, machine pie maker, malt house kiln operator, malt roaster, manufacturing operator, meat curer, meat smoker, meringuer.
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