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Manufacturing
- Annual Median Wage$ 39,320$28,850
$55,480
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Fast Growing
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Food Batchmakers set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products.
What do they typically do
- Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas
- Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle
- Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps
- Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients
- Turn valve controls to start equipment and to adjust operation to maintain product quality
- Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients to make food products according to formulas or recipes
- Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales
- Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color
Number of Jobs
Average AnnualJob Growth +1.4%Job Opening 464Education & Training
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