Food and Related Products Machine Operators

How to become a meat or Fish products machine operator

Official title: Meat/Fish products machine operator

Also called: Fish processing machine operator, Fish products machine operator, Food essences vacuum pan operator, Food freezing froster operator, Foodstuffs autoclave operator, Foodstuffs drier operator, Foodstuffs freezer, Foodstuffs refrigerating process worker, Foodstuffs vacuum oven operator, Meat processing machine operator, Meat products machine operator, Sausage making machine operator

Meat/Fish products machine operator operates machines and performs routine tasks to make various kinds of meat and fish products, such as sausages and fishballs. He/she weighs out various ingredients according to the recipes and minces, mixes and combines the ingredients using machine.

Main tasks

Operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun and slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts
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 meat or Fish 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