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| MINOR GROUP 827: FOOD AND RELATED PRODUCTS MACHINE OPERATORS
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Food and related products machine operators operate and
monitor machines which process foodstuffs and manufacture food
and related products for human and animal consumption.
Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring
machines for slaughtering animals and cutting carcasses and fish
into pieces for storage or sale manufacturing meat and fish
products: processing milk and cream and manufacturing dairy
products; crushing and grinding grain, spices or similar
foodstuffs, making bread, pasta and related products; processing
fruit, nuts and vegetables-, processing and refining sugar;
processing tea, coffee and cocoa, or producing beer, wine,
spirits and other beverages, or tobacco products.
Supervision
of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the
following unit groups;
8271 Meat- and fish-processing-machine operators
8272 Dairy-products machine operators
8273 Grain- and spice-milling-machine operators
8274 Baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products machine
operators
8275 Fruit-, vegetable- and nut-processing-machine
operators
8276 Sugar production machine operators
8277 Tea-, coffee-, and cocoa-processing-machine operators
8278 Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators
8279 Tobacco production machine operators
Note
Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and
related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand arid
by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding
of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the
nature and purpose of the final product.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work,
and limited initiative or judgement.
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