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Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender resume

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Also called cooker tender, kettle tender, steam box tender and steam tender.

$41,590
Median pay a year
31,250
People do this work
6
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  • Adjusting equipment controls
  • Operating food preparation equipment
  • Reviewing blueprints and instructions
  • Reading work orders or instructions
  • Monitoring instruments
  • Watching operating equipment
  • Inspecting food products
  • Measuring substances
  • Cleaning work areas
  • Sterilizing food equipment
  • Loading materials into production equipment
  • Moving equipment between areas

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Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender

Summary

Food cooking machine operator tending cooking equipment like kettles and boilers to prepare food products, measure ingredients, clean work areas, and monitor cooking times and temperatures

Experience

Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Tended and operated cooking equipment, such as kettles and boilers, to prepare food products
  • Cleaned and sterilized cooking area and equipment using water hoses and cleaning solutions
  • Measured and weighed ingredients using scales and measuring containers
  • Read work orders and recipes to know cooking times and temperatures
  • Recorded production data, including cooking times and temperature readings
  • Activated machines and adjusted controls to maintain proper temperature and pressure
  • Collected and examined product samples during production to check for quality

Skills

Hands-On Work
Adjusting equipment controls, Operating food preparation equipment, Cleaning work areas, Sterilizing food equipment
Core Skills
Reviewing blueprints and instructions, Reading work orders or instructions, Monitoring instruments, Watching operating equipment
Checking & Planning
Inspecting food products, Measuring substances

Education

  • High School Diploma
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  • Cleaned and sterilized cooking area and equipment to maintain a safe food preparation environment
  • Adjusted controls for cooking machines to ensure proper cooking times and temperatures

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Show what improved once the area was cleaned and sterilized

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Cleaned and sterilized cooking area and equipment, reducing the risk of foodborne illness

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Reduced risk of foodborne illnessImproved overall kitchen hygieneIncreased efficiency in food prep

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Mention if you were trusted to operate any specific machines

The line

Adjusted controls for cooking machines to ensure proper cooking times and temperatures

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Operated the main cooking kettleHandled multiple cooking machinesManaged the temperature control system

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The work itself

What a Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender does

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Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

What it pays

How much does a Food Cooking Machine Operator and Tender make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile$36,190
Median$41,590
75th percentile$47,380

About 31,250 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AL$27,080$27,080$36,190
AR$38,180$40,480$46,310
AZ$34,660$44,050$49,690
CA$37,790$44,740$48,080
CO$44,050$46,900$51,440
CT$35,760$38,880$48,380
DE$31,240$31,240$39,530
FL$31,980$36,450$42,520
GA$36,260$38,440$43,020
IA$46,380$47,900$49,880
ID$38,520$45,120$59,310
IL$36,490$42,670$47,200
IN$40,280$43,350$47,400
KS$43,360$45,850$47,050
KY$38,040$41,800$52,780
LA$31,540$44,440$61,350
MA$41,030$47,960$50,250
MD$36,500$36,960$39,790
ME$37,140$37,500$49,830
MI$43,880$47,260$50,680
MN$47,130$47,250$48,680
MO$36,520$42,160$48,600
MS$31,110$31,150$34,240
NC$30,150$39,070$44,250
NE$36,790$45,420$48,420
NH$36,330$40,440$40,440
NJ$32,290$37,180$41,350
NV$31,680$36,610$36,610
NY$41,590$45,680$55,740
OH$36,910$41,160$48,580
OK$35,990$36,030$43,690
OR$38,940$44,530$46,990
PA$37,160$42,710$47,050
PR$25,480$25,480$27,830
SC$38,030$38,220$38,320
SD$33,050$39,270$42,860
TN$41,200$45,620$55,270
TX$29,580$33,980$37,100
UT$37,070$48,620$52,630
VA$31,720$35,140$41,990
WA$47,580$51,100$56,850
WI$39,300$40,000$50,600

Other names

Other names for this job

cooker tender, kettle tender, steam box tender, steam tender, bakery fryer, blanching machine operator, boiler, brine maker, casing cooker, chip fryer, chocolate temperer, coconut boiler.

More names for this work

confectionery cooker, cook box filler, cooker, cooker operator, corn cooker, deep fat fry cook, dextrine mixer, dog and cat food cook, donut fryer, dough maker, doughnut fryer, doughnut machine operator, doughnut maker, doughnut processor, dumpling machine operator, fish fryer, food cooking machine operator, food production worker, fryer, fryer operator, gum cook, gum machine operator, gum maker, industrial cook, instant potato processor, kettle cook, kettle fry cook operator, kettle operator, machine operator, mash tub cooker operator, masher, meal temperer, mogul operator, molasses and caramel operator, nut steamer, ordering machine operator, oven operator, peeler operator, pierogi maker, popcorn candy maker, potato chip frier, potato chip fryer, potato chip maker, potato pancake fryer, process cheese cooker, retort operator, sausage cooker, scalder.

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    Median pay$41,590 a year

    What you have not done yet. Monitoring instruments, Watching operating equipment, Measuring substances

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