9465 – Testers and graders, food and beverage processing

Testers and graders in food and beverage processing test or grade ingredients and finished food or beverage products to ensure conformance to company standards. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, fish plants, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing plants.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Bacon grader

Beef grader

Beer bottling line quality control tester

Beer tester

Beverage and bottle inspector

Beverage inspector

Bread tester

Brewery tester – food and beverage processing

Butter grader

Butterfat tester

Can inspector – food and beverage processing

Candy inspector

Canned and bottled foods inspector

Capon grader – food and beverage processing

Casing grader – food and beverage processing

Cheese grader

Cigar grader

Cigarette grader

Cigarette tester

Cookie and cracker tester

Cream grader

Dairy cream tester

Dairy grader – food and beverage processing

Dairy moisture tester

Dairy product tester – food and beverage processing

Dairy tester – food and beverage processing

Dressed poultry grader

Feed tester – food and beverage processing

Filter tip inspector – tobacco processing

Fish grader

Food and beverage processing grader

Fruit and vegetable grader – food and beverage processing

Gauger – wineries

Grader – food and beverage processing

Grain sampler – food and beverage processing

Ham grader

Hogshead inspector – tobacco processing

Honey grader and blender

Kosher inspector – food and beverage processing

Lamb grader

Liquor tester – food and beverage processing

Mashgiach – food and beverage processing

Meat grader

Milk grader

Milk receiver-tester

Moisture content tester – dairy products

Moisture content tester – tobacco processing

Pork grader

Poultry grader

Process control checker – food and beverage processing

Produce grader – food and beverage processing

Product tester – food and beverage processing

Quality control checker – food and beverage processing

Seed corn grader

Soybean tester

Starch tester – food and beverage processing

Sugar tester

Tenderometer tender – food and beverage processing

Test baker – food and beverage processing

Tobacco grader

Tobacco leaf grader

Tobacco sample puller

Veal grader

Wine tester

Wineries fermentation inspector

Wineries gauger

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Take samples of products at various stages of processing

Examine ingredients or finished products by sight, touch, taste and smell or weigh materials to ensure conformance to company standards

Conduct routine tests for product specifications such as colour, alcohol content, carbonation, moisture content, temperature, fat content and packaging

Grade or sort raw materials or finished products

Ensure hygiene and sanitation practices conform to policies and regulations

Advise supervisors of ingredient or product deficiencies.

Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Experience as a machine operator or labourer in the food or beverage processing industry may be required.

On-the-job training is usually provided.

Additional information

There is little mobility among the various types of testers and graders in this unit group.

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Agricultural and fish products inspectors (2222)

Quality control technologists and technicians in food processing (in 2211 Chemical technologists and technicians)

Supervisors, food and beverage processing (9213)