packaging and filling machine operator

Code 8183.7

Packaging and filling machine operators tend machines for preparing and packing food products in various packaging containers such as jars, cartons, cans, and others.

Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • apply HACCP
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • monitor machine operations
  • execute working instructions
  • dispose non-food waste within the food industry
  • clean food and beverage machinery
  • operate weighing machine
  • tend packaging machines
  • operate package processing equipment
  • follow hygienic procedures during food processing
  • work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing
  • check quality of products on the production line

Transversal competences

  • be at ease in unsafe environments
  • ensure quality control in packaging
  • identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
  • adhere to organisational guidelines

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Sources

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