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Overview
Distillery workers clean machinery, sterilise fermentation tanks, collect and label samples, blend beverages, monitor temperature and follow food and beverage manufacturing requirements.
In job descriptions, look for distilling equipment, HACCP, GMP, flammability precautions, fermentation tanks, weighing machines, raw materials, heavy lifting and strong smells.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Distillery workers usually work around stills, fermentation tanks, containers, samples and cleaning routines. The job combines machine operation with temperature checks, hygiene, flammability precautions and physical handling of ingredients or vessels.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes operating distilling equipment, sterilising tanks, applying HACCP and GMP, monitoring temperature, collecting samples and preparing containers. Some roles add blending, weighing or raw-material checks.
Salary context
Pay context is tied to production scale, shift pattern, heat and smell exposure, hygiene responsibility, equipment complexity, flammability precautions, sampling duties and physical lifting.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior production operator, beverage process technician, quality sampling, cellar or tank-room coordination, blending support or food and beverage production supervision.
Good to know
Read adverts for the spirit type, tanks and stills used, cleaning routines, sample handling, protective equipment, lifting requirements, temperature monitoring and whether blending is part of the role.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include yeast distiller, distillery miller and liquor blender.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-9012.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
11.01Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Food and related products machine operators (8160)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9757122b-1161-4f4a-8286-a603d4ad7012 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8160.27 |
| ISCO group | 8160 |
| Concept type | Occupation |