6815-Food and Beverage Tasters and Graders

Job Title: 

Food and Beverage Tasters and Graders

Job Description: 

Food and beverage tasters and graders inspect, taste and grade various types of agricultural products, food and beverages.

Tasks: 

Determining quality, acceptability to consumer tastes and approximate value of products and grading them into appropriate classes

Linked Education ( CESM Codes ) : 

107 - Food Science and Technology

Specific Occupations: 

681501 - Cheese Grader / Tester
Description : Evaluates and grades body, texture, flavour, and colour of natural cheese.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

681502 - Food Taster / Grader
Description : Tastes samples of food or beverages to determine palatability of product or to prepare blending formulas.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

681503 - Tea Taster / Grader
Description : Inspects, tests, sorts, samples, or weighs raw or processed tea.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

681504 - Wine Taster / Grader
Description : Conducts sensory examination and evaluation of wine to describe the range of perceived flavours, aromas and general characteristics of a wine.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

681505 - Fruit and Vegetable Grader / Classer
Description : Grades, sorts, or classifies unprocessed fruit and vegetables by size, weight, colour, or condition.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Picker Grader

681506 - Livestock Product Analyst
Description : Analyse livestock produce for quality and conformance with technical produce standards and regulatory provisions.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Livestock Product Assessor, Meat Classifier, Meat Examiner, Meat Grader

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Source Of Info: 

Source : Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) 2013, Department of Higher Education and Training, Republic of South Africa