Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
SOC Code: 51-3091
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenderss observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 73.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 73.0 — High
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Median Salary
$42,730
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Job Growth
0.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Operation and Control
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Coordination
Common Tasks
- ✓Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
- ✓Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.
- ✓Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
- ✓Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
- ✓Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation