Food Batchmakers

What Does a Food Batchmakers Do?

Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
• 2Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
• 3Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
• 4Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
• 5Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color.
• 6Give directions to other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process.
• 7Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales.
• 8Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment, such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps.

Required Skills

• Edible Software
• Microsoft Office software
• Plex Systems Plex Manufacturing Cloud

Food Batchmakers Salary