Food Batchmaker

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Perfect for those who love creating delicious food products from scratch.
Play a key role in producing quality food items enjoyed by many.
Craft unique flavors and textures in candies, cheeses, and more.

💰 Earn $35K-$46K

📚 High School Diploma or GED

⏱️ 6–12 MONTH TRAINING

📈 9.1% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

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

Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color.

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Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

26,300 Annually

Median Earnings

$38,380 in California

$38,460 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Monitoring
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring
Reading Comprehension

You value 🙏

Having support
Job security
Personal relationships

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Food Batchmaker

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Bachelor's Degree

A bachelor's degree typically results in increased knowledge about a variety of academic subjects, specialized knowledge in a focused field of study, and is considered the foundational qualification for many careers.

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