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fruit and vegetable canner

Fruit and vegetable canners tend machines to prepare industrial products based on fruits and vegetables for storage or shipping.

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Description

Fruit and vegetable canners tend machines to prepare industrial products based on fruits and vegetables for storage or shipping. They perform a wide range of tasks such as sorting, grading, washing, peeling, trimming, and slicing. Moreover, they follow procedures for canning, freezing, preserving, packing food products.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

blanching machine process food storage food canning production line food preservation

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

mechanical almond processing

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

maintain cutting equipment work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing process fruits and vegetables clean food and beverage machinery follow hygienic procedures during food processing apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages check quality of products on the production line execute chilling processes to food products mark differences in colours apply HACCP perform detailed food processing operations exert quality control to processing food administer ingredients in food production tend canning machine apply GMP

OPTIONALOptional competences

label samples dispose food waste jell fruits ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production operate a heat treatment process analyse characteristics of food products at reception act reliably carry out checks of production plant equipment manage fruit juice extraction processes liaise with colleagues set up equipment for food production neutralise sugar liquors care for food aesthetic dispose non-food waste within the food industry work in a food processing team liaise with managers operate equipment for food homogenisation

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)