How to become a dairy or Confectionery products machine operator

Official title: Dairy/Confectionery products machine operator

Also called: Butter making machine operator, Chocolate making machine operator, Chocolate making press operator, Chocolate making refiner, Chocolate moulding operator, Condensed milk making machine operator, Condensed milk tubular heating man, Condensed milk vacuum pan operator, Confectionery products machine operator, Dairy product pasteurising machine operator, Dairy product processing machine operator, Dairy products cooler operator

Dairy/Confectionery products machine operator sets up and operates continuous flow or vat-type equipment to process milk, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products following specific instructions, methods and formulas.

Main tasks

• 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

• Median pay: $30,636 a year. The middle half earn $20,976 to $54,168 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How much does a dairy or Confectionery products machine operator earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $30,636 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $20,976 to $54,168.

Will AI change the work of a dairy or Confectionery products machine operator?

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

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• 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