United States
9617- Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing
Canada NOC:
9617
Job Title:
Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing
Job Description:
Labourers in this unit group perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food, beverage and associated products processing. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries and other food, beverage and associated products processing and packaging plants.
Main Duties:
Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing perform 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 Inormation:
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.
Classified Elsewhere:
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Source Of Info:
National Occupation Classification, (2011)
Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,
February 2012,
Catalogue no. 12-583-X
