9617 – Labourers in food and beverage processing

Labourers in food and beverage processing perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food and beverage processing. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing and packaging plants.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Animal feed sack filler

Bagger – food and beverage processing

Baker helper

Bakery labourer

Bakery products bander

Bakery products divider – food and beverage processing

Bakery products packager

Bakery products wrapper

Banding machine tender – tobacco products

Barrel cleaner – food and beverage processing

Barrel filler – food and beverage processing

Beef marker – food and beverage processing

Beer sampler – food and beverage processing

Beet washer

Beet washer helper

Bin cleaner – food and beverage processing

Biscuit packer

Blender and packer – food and beverage processing

Blender and wrapper – food and beverage processing

Bolter helper – food and beverage processing

Bottle caser – food and beverage processing

Bottle checker – food and beverage processing

Bottle washer

Bottle washer – food and beverage processing

Bottler

Bottle-washing machine tender – food and beverage processing

Bottling line worker

Box stitcher – food and beverage processing

Bread pan greaser – food and beverage processing

Brewery labourer

Butcher helper – meat processing

Butter packer

Butter sampler

Butter wrapper

Cake wrapper

Candy maker helper

Candy packer

Candy wrapper

Cannabis processing labourer

Cannery packer

Cannery worker – food and beverage processing

Carcass washer – food and beverage processing

Carcass weigher – food and beverage processing

Carton bander

Carton package stapler

Carton-packaging machine tender – food and beverage processing

Case stacker – food and beverage processing

Caser – tobacco processing

Casing salter – food and beverage processing

Casing shirrer – food and beverage processing

Casing stripper – food and beverage processing

Cellophaner – tobacco products

Centrifuge tender – food and beverage processing

Centrifuge tender – meat packing plant

Char filter helper – food and beverage processing

Char kiln helper – food and beverage processing

Cheese cutter

Cheese factory worker

Cheese maker helper

Chewing gum batch mixer

Chewing gum production attendant

Chicle-grinder feeder – food and beverage processing

Chilling worker – food and beverage processing

Chocolate processing helper

Cigar bander

Cigar brander

Cigar wrapper

Cigarette packer

Cigar-wrapping machine tender

Cocoa bean cleaner

Cocoa bean press-mill helper

Cocoa bean roaster helper

Cocoa powder mixer

Coffee-blending machine feeder

Confection labourer – food and beverage processing

Corn starch neutralizer

Corn syrup processing labourer

Cream sampler – food and beverage processing

Custom feed miller helper

Dairy helper – food and beverage processing

Dairy sampler – food and beverage processing

Dough feeder – food and beverage processing

Dough roller

Dough weigher

Dry curer – food and beverage processing

Dumping machine tender – food and beverage processing

Edible oil processing labourer

Edible oil refiner helper

Egg breaker – food and beverage processing

Filler – food and beverage processing

Film-coating machine tender – tobacco products

Flour mixer helper

Flumer helper – food and beverage processing

Food processing labourer

Food product sampler

Food-cooling pan tender

Food-processing equipment cleaner

Freezer worker – food and beverage processing

Freezing worker – food and beverage processing

Frozen food packer

Frozen meat cutter helper

Fruit and vegetable cleaner – food and beverage processing

Fruit peeler – food and beverage processing

Fruit preparer – food and beverage processing

Fruit splitter

Gambreler – food and beverage processing

Gelatin stock cooker attendant

Glucose transferrer – food and beverage processing

Gluten settler – food and beverage processing

Grain cleaner helper

Hand candy dipper – food and beverage processing

Hand chocolate packer

Hogshead filler – tobacco products

Hoof remover – food and beverage processing

Ice cream worker – food and beverage processing

Icing dipper – food and beverage processing

Industrial butcher helper

Juice blender

Label coder – food and beverage processing

Labourer – food and beverage processing

Lard bleacher – food and beverage processing

Linking machine tender – food and beverage processing

Liquid packer

Liquor gallery tender helper – food and beverage processing

Machine cigar wrapper

Machine container washer – food and beverage processing

Machine tobacco packer

Meat dryer

Meat loaf trimmer

Meat mould sealer

Meat mould stripper

Meat packager

Meat packager – food and beverage processing

Meat packer – food and beverage processing

Meat press tender

Meat vacuum wrapper

Meat washer

Meat wrapper

Meat-packing plant labourer

Meat-rolling machine tender

Milk powder grinder

Milk sampler

Neck skewerer – food and beverage processing

Noodle paste mixer tender

Nut sorter – food and beverage processing

Nut-chopping machine feeder

Pastry cook helper

Pastry wrapper

Pellet mill worker – food and beverage processing

Popcorn maker – food and beverage processing

Potato chip sorter

Potato-peeling machine tender

Poultry cooler worker – food and beverage processing

Poultry packager

Production helper

Production helper – food and beverage processing

Production labourer – food processing

Salt packer

Sampler – food and beverage processing

Sausage casing curer

Sausage linker – food and beverage processing

Sausage tier – food and beverage processing

Sausage wrapper – food and beverage processing

Seasoning mixer – food and beverage processing

Shrouder – food and beverage processing

Singeing machine tender

Skinning machine feeder – food and beverage processing

Smoked meat preparer – food and beverage processing

Snuff-packing machine tender

Soft drink mixer

Sorting machine feeder – food and beverage processing

Starch centrifuge tender

Starch factory labourer – food and beverage processing

Stunner and shackler – meat packing

Sugar boiler helper

Sugar grinder

Syrup-processing plant labourer

Tank attendant – food and beverage processing

Tare assessor – food and beverage processing

Tea blender

Ticket checker – tobacco processing

Tobacco baler

Tobacco hogshead liner

Tobacco packer

Tobacco processing labourer

Tobacco weigher

Tobacco-packing machine tender

Tub filler – food and beverage processing

Tumbler tender – food and beverage processing

Vinegar maker helper

Washing and waxing machine tender – food and beverage processing

Yeast processing labourer

Yeast sampler – food and beverage processing

Yeast-processing plant labourer

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials throughout plant and warehouse manually, or with powered equipment

Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines or mobile tank trucks

Feed and unload food, beverage and associated products processing machines

Feed flattened boxes into forming machines to construct containers

Remove filled containers from conveyors and manually pack goods into bags, boxes or other containers

Clean work areas and equipment

Check products and packaging for basic quality defects

Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education may be required.

Additional information

There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.

Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing may progress to machine or process operating positions with experience.

Exclusions

Labourers in fish and seafood processing (9618)

Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (9461)

Supervisors, food and beverage processing (9213)