How do they match: 51-3091.00 - Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

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

Open valves, gates, or chutes or use shovels to load or remove products from ovens or other equipment.
Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.
Fill or remove product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoops, peels, or shovels, or by hand.
Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
Push racks or carts to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.
Read work orders to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted.
Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels.
Take product samples during or after processing for laboratory analyses.
Test products for moisture content, using moisture meters.
Weigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors.

Operate cooking, baking, or other food preparation equipment.
Operate pumping systems or equipment.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
Inspect food products.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Record operational or production data.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Signal others to coordinate work activities.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Weigh finished products.

How do they match: Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders