United States
8160-Food and related products machine operators
Job Title ( International classification ): 
Food and related products machine operators
ISCO Code: 
8160
Job Description: 
 Food and related machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals, trim meat from carcasses; bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves.
Tasks: 
Main Tasks include -
- (a) operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts
 - (b) setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products
 - (c) operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products
 - (d) attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin
 - (e) operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing
 - (f) mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment
 - (g) processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.
 
Inclusions: 
	Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Bakery products machine operator
	- Bread production machine operator
	- Chocolate production machine operator
	- Cigar production machine operator
	- Cigarette production machine operator
	- Dairy products 
Exclusions: 
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Bottling machine operator - 8183
Similar ONET Jobs: 
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
 - Food Batchmakers
 - Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
 - Food Processing Workers, All Other
 - Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
 - Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
 
Careers Indian Standards: 
- Fish Curer
 - Bottling Plant Incharge
 - Cane Carrier Driver, Mill House
 - Carbonation Man
 - Carbonator Machine Attendant
 - Chocolate Maker, Helper
 - Coffee Roaster
 - Cooker Operator
 - Crystaliserman
 - Cutting Machine Operator (Confectionery)
 - Dorr Clarifier Operator
 - Evaporator Operator, Sugar
 - Fermentation Man
 - Filler, Aerated Water, Hand Machine
 - Filter Pressman
 - Firing Machine Attendant (Tea)
 - Flour Mill Operator
 - Fruit Press Operator (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Bottle Washer, Machine
 - Brew Master
 - Carbonation Storage Tank Attendant
 - Centrifugal Man
 - Coffee Blender
 - Crusher Operator, Sugarcane
 - Cutter Driver
 - Dairy Processing Equipment Operator
 - Dehydrator Tender (Canning & Preservation)
 - Eliminator Attendant, Sugar
 - Exhaust Box Operator (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Filler, Aerated Water
 - Filter Press Operator (Oil)
 - Filterman
 - Flake Miller, Wheat and Oats (Grain- Feed Mills)
 - Foodstuff Freezer
 - Gur Maker
 - Husker, Machine (Food Grains)
 - Juice Heater Helper
 - Juice Measuring Man
 - Malt Maker
 - Miller, Food Grains
 - Mixing Tank Operator
 - Noodle Press Operator
 - Oil Crusher Operator, Power
 - Panman (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Pasteurising Plant Operator (Dairy)
 - Peeling Machine Attendant (Coffee)
 - Pitting Machine Operator (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Processing Man (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Raw Juice Tank Pump Attendant
 - Retort Operator (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Roller Attendant
 - Juice Heater Man
 - Lime Juice Tank Attendant
 - Magmaman
 - Malt Vinegar Maker
 - Masher
 - Panman, Sugar
 - Pasteuriser, Brewery
 - Peanut Blancher
 - Peeling Machine Operator(Food Canning & Preserving)
 - Pulp Houseman (Coffee)
 - Refining-Machine Operator (Oil & Grease)
 - Roaster, Cocoa-Bean
 - Rollerman, (Food Grains)
 - Seaming Machine Operator (Food Canning and Preserving)
 - Settling Tank Man, Sugar
 - Siever, Machine
 - Sulphitation Man, Sugar
 - Syrup Mixing Plant Operator
 - Syruper
 - Tea Blender
 - Wafer Baking Machine Operator (Baking)
 - Withering Loft Attendant (Tea)
 - Yeast Maker
 - Syrup Maker
 - Syrup Plant Operator
 - Tea Maker
 - Works Poor Attendant
 - Cigarette Making Machine Operator
 - Cutting Machine Operator, Tobacco
 - Stingy Cigarette Slitting Machine Operator
 - Drier and Cooler Operator, Tobacco
 
Careers ( AUS/NZ Standards ): 
- Stationary Plant Operators nec
 - Baking Factory Workerÿ
 - Brewery Workerÿ
 - Confectionery Makerÿ
 - Dairy Products Makerÿ
 - Fruit and Vegetable Factory Workerÿ
 - Grain Mill Workerÿ
 - Sugar Mill Workerÿ
 - Winery Cellar Handÿ
 - Food and Drink Factory Workers nec
 - Meat Process Workerÿ
 - Poultry Process Workerÿ
 - Seafood Process Worker
 
Careers ( UK Standards ): 
Careers ( Canadian Standards ): 
Careers (European Standards): 
- Animal feed processor
 - Autoclave operator (food)
 - Autoclave operator (preservation)
 - Autoclave operator (sterilisation of canned food)
 - Bakery worker
 - Brewery worker
 - Brewing house worker
 - Caramel maker
 - Chocolate designer
 - Chocolate worker
 - Cocoa roaster
 - Coffee roaster
 - Column worker
 - Confectionery worker
 - Corn dryer
 - Corn worker
 - Curer (food industry)
 - Cutter operator (sugar industry)
 - Dough mixer
 - Fillet cutter
 - Filleter
 - Filleting machine operator
 - Food worker (raw materials processor)
 - Freezing machine operator
 - Ice cream maker
 - Machine attendant (roastery)
 - Machine operator (animal feed)
 - Machine operator (bakery)
 - Machine operator (coffee roasting)
 - Machine operator (ice cream industry)
 - Machine operator (margarine production)
 - Machine operator (sugar)
 - Maltster
 - Margarine processor
 - Marzipan maker
 - Master brewer
 - Master curer
 - Master distiller
 - Meat processing worker
 - Melter
 - Miller
 - Mill machine operator
 - Mill operator
 - Mill worker
 - Moulding-machine operator (confectionery)
 - Mustard processor
 - Oil presser (oil plants)
 - Oven operator (bakery)
 - Potato flour processor
 - Process operator (brewery)
 - Process operator (dairy)
 - Process operator (flour mill)
 - Process operator (margarine production)
 - Process operator (sugar)
 - Refiner (sugar)
 - Roaster (almonds; nuts)
 - Roaster (food)
 - Roastery worker
 - Saturator operator (sugar)
 - Sauce maker
 - Seasonal worker (sugar mill)
 - Seed cleaning machine operator
 - Silo worker
 - Soft drinks processor
 - Spirit distiller
 - Spirits processor
 - Sugar mill worker
 - Sugar processor
 - Vinegar processor
 - Wine processor
 
Careers ( Pakistan Standards): 
Careers (Singapore Standards): 
- Meat and Fish Products Machine Operators
 - Dairy and Confectionery Products Machine Operators
 - Grain and Spice Milling Machine Operators
 - Baked and Cereal Products Machine Operators
 - Fruit, Vegetable and Nut Products Machine Operators
 - Sugar Processing and Refining Machine Operators
 - Brewers and Wine and Other Beverage Machine Operators
 - Tobacco Products Machine Operators
 - Food and Related Products Machine Operators Not Elsewhere Classified
 

