Food and Related Products Machine Operators

How to become a baked or Cereal products machine operator

Official title: Baked/Cereal products machine operator

Also called: Baked goods products machine operator, Biscuit making machine operator, Biscuit products machine operator, Cereal processing machine operator, Cereal products machine operator, Extrusion press operator (macaroni making), Macaroni making machine operator, Noodle making machine operator, Ovenman (biscuits), Vermicelli making machine operator, Baked goods products machine operator, Biscuit making machine operator

Baked/Cereal products machine operator makes baked products or cereal based products, such as biscuits and noodles and pasta, with the use of machines.

Main tasks

Setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products
Attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin
Operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilise, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing
Mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a baked or Cereal products machine operator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026