Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
SOC Code: 51-3093
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenderss clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 80.7/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 80.7 — Very High
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Median Salary
$40,550
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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
- •Operation and Control
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Active Listening
- •Critical Thinking
- •Complex Problem Solving
Common Tasks
- ✓Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
- ✓Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
- ✓Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
- ✓Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
- ✓Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further 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