Fat-purification worker

Code 8160.30

Fat-purification workers operate acidulation tanks and equipment that help with the separation of undesirable components from oils.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • origin of dietary fats and oils
  • process of animal fat purification
  • hydrogenation processes for edible oils
  • chemical processes

Skills and competences

  • assess oil hardness
  • apply HACCP
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • pump products
  • control flow of oils
  • control flow of matter used in oil processing
  • mark differences in colours
  • filter edible oils
  • boil water
  • wash oils
  • tend open pans
  • tend acidulation tanks
  • tend agitation machine
  • check sensorial parameters of oils and fats
  • refine edible oils
  • measure density of liquids

Transversal competences

  • assess quality characteristics of food products

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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