Dairy Products Maker

831114 · Medium Next-day ready

Operates machines and performs routine tasks to make and package milk, milk powder, yoghurt, butter, cheese and other dairy products.

Weighs, measures, mixes, and processes ingredients; operates heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising plant; monitors product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary; cleans equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintains infestation control programmes; regulates speed of conveyors and associated equipment; moves products from production lines into storage and shipping areas; packages and bottles products.

Works indoors in dairy processing factories or smaller private cheese-making factories.
Work areas will usually be adequately heated and ventilated.
Factory machinery and processes may be noisy, hot cold or wet. Ear muffs and protective clothing will be worn for safety and health and food hygiene purposes.

Medium physical demand
Stands to operate dairy processing machinery including vats, wrapping machines and conveyor belts.
Frequently walks about the work area to ensure correct operation of machinery and quality of end product.
Climbs steps and ladders especially in larger factories to check vats.
Occasionally stretches up or across to make adjustments to controls.
Squatting, crouching or kneeling movements may be required to inspect machinery and finished products or raw materials.
Twisting of the body or neck may occur occasionally.
Bends occasionally if required to work over production machinery, benches, and conveyor belts or when lifting ingredients or finished products.
Substantial contact with water may occur as part of the processing and cleaning operations, protective clothing should be utilised.
Occasionally lifts or carries finished products, additives and other packages depending upon the factory size and level of plant automation.
Repetitive hand and arm movements will be necessary on an occasional basis.
Driving may be required in the form of operating forklifts for some positions.
Uses hand-held and hand-operated equipment specific to the production process. May use computerised control systems in larger processing plants.
Mental skills necessary include cheese making, food hygiene knowledge, plus practical and technical skills.

Entry signal Reviewed

No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier No formal entry barrier

Licence / registration No licence required

ANZSCO skill level 5

Next-day ready Yes

How this was determined (model-generated): Nil entry requirements; dairy products factory work is entry-level process work.