Food Batchmakers
Also called Batching Operator, Blender, Mixer, or Mixer Operator
What Food Batchmakers do
Food Batchmakers set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
Who tends to enjoy it
Hands-on
People who like building, fixing, working with tools, machines, plants, or animals.
Organizing
People who like keeping things accurate, orderly, and running on schedule.
Leading
People who like persuading, selling, starting things, and taking charge.
What you'd actually do
- Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
- Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
- Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
- Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
- Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color.
- Give directions to other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process.
- Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales.
- Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment, such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps.
A typical day involves
Skills that matter most
- Operations Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Coordination
What you'll need to know
- Public Safety and Security
- Food Production
- Production and Processing
- Education and Training
- English Language
Where to study for this
College programs that commonly lead to this career, and how many US colleges offer each.
- Brewing Science 24 colleges
- Zymology / Fermentation Science 7 colleges
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