Candy machine operator
Code 8160.11
Candy machine operators tend machines that weigh, measure, and mix candy ingredients. They form soft candies by spreading candy onto cooling and warming slabs and cutting them manually or mechanically. They cast candies in moulds or by machine that extrude candy.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- chemical aspects of sugar
Skills and competences
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply HACCP
- apply GMP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- disassemble equipment
- produce confectionery from chocolate
- ensure public safety and security
- lift heavy weights
- clean food and beverage machinery
- operate weighing machine
- maintain cutting equipment
- mould chocolate
- tend sweet making machines
- operate grain cleaning machine
- perform cleaning duties
Transversal competences
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- adhere to organisational guidelines
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