Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders at My Next Move for Veterans

Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders

Also called: Coffee Roaster, Machine Operator, Roaster, Roaster Operator

What they do:

Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

On the job, you would:

Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

food production
manufacture and distribution of products

Engineering and Technology

mechanical

Basic Skills

keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Problem Solving