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94140.01 – Process control operators, food and beverage processing

Process control operators, food and beverage processing operate multi-function process control machinery to process and package food and beverage products.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Fermentation process operator - food and beverage processing
  • Process control operator - food and beverage processing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Operate multi-function process control machinery through control panels, computer terminals or other control systems to grind, extract, mix, blend, cook or otherwise process food products and to bag, box or otherwise package food products
  • Operate multi-function process control machinery to grind, extract, mix, blend, distill, ferment or otherwise process alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages and to bottle, can or otherwise package beverages
  • Observe gauges, computer printouts and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions and make adjustments to process variables such as cooking times, ingredient inputs, flow rates and temperature settings
  • Maintain shift log of production and other data.

Additional information

  • Process control operators may progress to supervisory positions in food and beverage processing with experience.
  • There is little mobility among the various types of process control operators within the food and beverage processing industry.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Bakers (63202)
  • Fish and seafood plant workers (94142)
  • Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (94141)
  • Labourers in fish and seafood processing (95107)
  • Labourers in food and beverage processing (95106)
  • Meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale (65202)
  • 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

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

94 – Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing

Sub-major group

941 – Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers

Minor group

9414 – Machine operators and related workers in food, beverage and associated products processing

Unit group

94140 – Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

Occupational profile

94140.01 – Process control operators, food and beverage processing

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