How to become a Food Processing and Related Trades Worker
Official title: Other Food Processing and Related Trades Workers
This group covers food processing workers not classified in groups 7911 to 7915, such as people who make tea, tofu and century eggs by hand.
Ways in
- Technical college: Technician certificate: Chinese rice food processing. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 095 中式米食加工. Tested at grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.; Technician certificate: Tea processing. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 161 製茶技術. Tested at grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$462,000 a year
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Butchers, Fishmongers and Related Food Preparers
- Bakers, Pastry-cooks and Confectionery Makers
- Dairy-Products Makers
- Fruit, Vegetable and Related Preservers
- Food and Beverage Tasters and Graders
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Food Processing and Related Trades Worker?
Ways in include: Technician certificate: Chinese rice food processing; Technician certificate: Tea processing.
How much does a Food Processing and Related Trades Worker earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$462,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Food Processing and Related Trades Worker a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Food Processing and Related Trades Worker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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