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Overview
Blending plant operators weigh, pump and mix vegetable oils according to formulas for products such as salad oil and margarine.
In job descriptions, look for oil pumps, mixing tanks, formulas, sample checks, texture and colour control, HACCP, GMP, raw materials, tank maintenance, machinery cleaning and food-production records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Blending plant operators run equipment that weighs, pumps and mixes vegetable oils. Work includes following formulas, drawing samples, checking texture and colour, adjusting the blend and keeping tanks and machinery ready.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes dietary fats and oils, oil pumps, mixing machines, sampling, sensorial checks, HACCP, GMP, raw-material support, tank maintenance and food-machinery cleaning.
Salary context
Salary context depends on plant size, shift responsibility, number of tanks or lines, formula complexity, quality-control duties, cleaning responsibility and the level of independent process adjustment.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior blending operator, food-production line lead, edible-oil refining, quality-control technician, raw-material coordinator or maintenance support.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name vegetable oils, margarine, salad oil, formulas, pumps, tank work, sampling, texture or colour checks, HACCP, GMP and production records.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Food Batchmakers
51-3092.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETMixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-9023.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
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Occupation group
Food and related products machine operators (8160)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1214a616-aaa5-4140-b82e-2cc5028b0fa4 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8160.6 |
| ISCO group | 8160 |
| Concept type | Occupation |