Machine operator, fruit/vegetable processing
NKPD code: 81602037
Current information as of 2026-11-14
10th grade
Second degree of professional qualification and/or completed 10th grade
Labor Characteristics
Food and related products machine operators set up, operate and tend machines for slaughtering animals and for cleaning, cutting, dressing and boning meat; and bake, freeze, heat, knead, mix, blend or otherwise process food, beverages and tobacco.
Main Tasks
- operating and monitoring machines for restraining, stunning and slaughtering animals and for cutting and dressing meat and fish;
- operating and monitoring machines and ovens for mixing, baking or otherwise preparing bread and other bakery and confectionery products;
- operating machines for grinding, mixing, malting, brewing and fermenting to produce beer, wine, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and similar products;
- operating equipment for producing jams, cheeses, yellow cheese, margarine, syrups, pasta, ice cream, salami, chocolate, starch, edible oils and fats, and dextrin;
- operating equipment for cooling, heating, drying, roasting, blanching, pasteurising, smoking, sterilising, freezing, evaporating and producing food products and beverages;
- mixing, pulping, grating, blending and sorting foods and liquids using beating, pressing, sifting, grinding and filtering equipment;
- processing tobacco leaves using machines for producing cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and other tobacco products.
- Examples of occupations in this unit group:
- Machine operator, bakery products
- Machine operator, bread production
- Machine operator, chocolate and chocolate products production
- Machine operator, cigar production
- Machine operator, cigarette production
- Machine operator, dairy products
- Machine operator, fish products
- Machine operator, meat products
Not Included
- Machine operator, bottling – 8183
Professions in "Food and related products machine operators"
DistillerMachine operator, grain hulling/cleaningMachine operator, fish/meat blanchingMachine operator, tobacco leaf pickingMachine operator, spirits brewingMachine operator, spirits distillingMachine operator, meat/fish freezingMachine operator, fruit/vegetable freezingMachine operator, hermetic can sealingMachine operator, can washing (sterile, in metal cans)Machine operator, meat/fish canningMachine operator, fruit/vegetable canningMachine operator, grain millingMachine operator, spice grindingMachine operator, meat productsMachine operator, washing machineMachine operator, dairy productsMachine operator, starch productsMachine operator, coffee/cocoa/tea processingMachine operator, meat/fish processingMachine operator, grain processingMachine operator, tobacco processingMachine operator, nut processingMachine operator, milk/dairy pasteurisationMachine operator, brewing/spiritsMachine operator, milk processingMachine operator, honey processingMachine operator, sifting machineMachine operator, soft drink productionMachine operator, sugar productionMachine operator, sugar confectionery productionMachine operator, milk powder productionMachine operator, fruit/vegetable juice productionMachine operator, cigar productionMachine operator, vegetable oil productionMachine operator, pasta/dough products productionMachine operator, bread productionMachine operator, cigarette productionMachine operator, chocolate and chocolate products productionMachine operator, egg products productionMachine operator, meat/fish thawingMachine operator, portioning machineMachine operator, sugar refiningMachine operator, fish productsMachine operator, tobacco leaf cuttingMachine operator, silosMachine operator, coffee blendingMachine operator, tea blendingMachine operator, tobacco blendingMachine operator, meat/fish sterilisationMachine operator, fruit/vegetable sterilisationMachine operator, meat dryingMachine operator, food dryingMachine operator, tobacco productsMachine operator, bakery productsMachine operator, tobacco bale unitOperator, autoclaveOperator, autoclave (meat and fish)Operator, automatic production line, tobacco productsOperator, vacuum evaporation plant with aroma recoveryOperator, vacuum apparatus for humidity control in tobacco processingOperator, vacuum pan for condensed milkOperator, vacuum vessel for food essencesOperator, vacuum oven (food products)Operator, vibrating moistening tunnelOperator, spirits distillingOperator, beer/alcoholic beverage brewing plantOperator, grain millOperator, spice millOperator, maturation equipment, brewing/spiritsOperator, coffee/cocoa roasting equipmentOperator, malting equipmentOperator, sugar refining equipmentOperator, fermentation equipment for spirits and beerOperator, hydrogenation equipment (oils and fats)Operator, fruit/vegetable pressOperator, tobacco line blenderOperator, stacking machineOperator, unloading device (sugar beet diffusion)BrewerProducer, maltWorker, markingWorker, whole (non-minced) meatsWorker, sausage fillingWorker, heat treatmentWorker, hams and delicatessenWorker, production of soft drinks, juices and watersWorker, production of wine and spiritsWorker, production of sugar, sugar and chocolate confectioneryWorker, production of milling and starch productsWorker, production of vegetable oils and vegetable-based oil productsAdjuster, food plants and fuel apparatus
Source: National Statistical Institute
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