Germination operator

Code 8160.37

Germination operators tend steeping and germination vessels where barley is germinated to produce malt.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • airtight storage
  • temperature scales
  • malting process

Skills and competences

  • adjust temperature gauges
  • assess cereal quality for brewing
  • apply HACCP
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
  • clean food and beverage machinery
  • malt grains
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • tend fans for machines
  • tend agitation machine
  • operate grain cleaning machine
  • collect samples for analysis
  • record malting cycle data
  • check processing parameters

Transversal competences

  • be at ease in unsafe environments
  • exert quality control to processing food
  • adhere to organisational guidelines

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences