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Job Description


	Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

	Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

	Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

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Significant Points


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Food Processing Occupations

Most workers in manual food processing jobs require little or no training prior to being hired. As more jobs involving cutting and processing meat shift from retail stores to food processing plants, job growth will be concentrated among lesser skilled workers, who are employed primarily in manufacturing. Highly skilled bakers should be in demand.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	6,430
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	4,350
Animal Slaughtering and Processing	4,330
Other Food Manufacturing	3,380
Grocery Stores	2,690
Limited-Service Eating Places	1,900
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	1,390
Dairy Product Manufacturing	1,040
Grain and Oilseed Milling	880
Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	770

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Salaries

U.S. National Averages.

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Average Annual Salary	$26,820
Average Hourly Wage	$12.89
Total Employment	31,020