ISCO 08 Code 8160      Food and related products machine operators

Lead Statement
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.

Task statement

• operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts;
• setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products;
• operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products;
• attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin;
• operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing;
• mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment;
• processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.

Included occupations

• Bakery products machine operator
• Bread production machine operator
• Chocolate production machine operator
• Cigar production machine operator
• Cigarette production machine operator
• Dairy products machine operator
• Fish processing machine operator
• Meat processing machine operator
• Milk processing machine operator

Excluded occupations

• Bottling machine operator - 8183

Notes
ISCO 88 Code(s) 8271, 8272, 8273, 8274, 8275, 8276, 8277, 8278, 8279
(NCvB; Mei 2010)