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95106.00 – Labourers in food and beverage processing

Labourers in food and beverage processing perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food and beverage processing.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Bottle-washing machine tender - food and beverage processing
  • Brewery labourer
  • Candy packer
  • Dairy helper - food and beverage processing
  • Food processing labourer
  • Frozen food packer
  • Meat packager
  • Nut sorter - food and beverage processing
  • Production helper - food and beverage processing
  • Tobacco processing labourer

Core competencies

  • Management of Material Resources to handle, maintain inventory control of and properly store ingredients, packaging materials and finished products
  • Operation and Control to operate various equipment and machinery involved in food and beverage processing, such as mixers, conveyors and packaging machines
  • Stamina to perform routine tasks such as material handling, machine operation and cleaning for extended periods, often in fast-paced environments
  • Static Strength to handle heavy materials when loading ingredients into machinery, transporting packaging materials or assisting with equipment setup
  • Collaboration to coordinate workflow and maintain productivity while assisting food and beverage machine operators, technicians and other team members
  • Knowledge in Manufacturing, Processing and Production to understand food safety standards, hygiene practices and quality control measures

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials throughout plant and warehouse manually, or with powered equipment
  • Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines or mobile tank trucks
  • Feed and unload food, beverage and associated products processing machines
  • Feed flattened boxes into forming machines to construct containers
  • Remove filled containers from conveyors and manually pack goods into bags, boxes or other containers
  • Clean work areas and equipment
  • Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
  • Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.

Additional information

  • There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.
  • Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing may progress to machine or process operating positions with experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Fish and seafood plant workers (94142)
  • Labourers in fish and seafood processing (95107)
  • Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (94140)
  • Supervisors, food and beverage processing (92012)
  • Testers and graders, food and beverage processing (94143)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

9 – Occupations in manufacturing and utilities

TEER

5 – Occupations usually require short-term work demonstration and no formal education

Major group

95 – Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Sub-major group

951 – Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Minor group

9510 – Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Unit group

95106 – Labourers in food and beverage processing

Occupational profile

95106.00 – Labourers in food and beverage processing

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