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Overview
Food graders inspect, sort, measure and grade food products by sensory criteria or machinery, then decide whether products can be processed, classed or discarded.
In job descriptions, look for food safety checks, sensory evaluation, quality audits, food labelling, weighing, measuring, damaged or expired foods, storage and reporting for processing teams.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Food grading work sits at the point where raw or processed food is inspected before further use. Products are checked by sight, smell, touch, measurements, weight, machinery or lab routines.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes sensory evaluation, food safety checks, quality audits, grading classes, labelling accuracy, food storage, risk analysis, food preservation and reporting results to processing teams.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by product sensitivity, pace, responsibility for rejecting food, audit duties, machinery use, documentation demands and whether the role supports wider food quality systems.
Career paths
Development can move from routine sorting into quality control, sensory panels, lab sampling, food safety coordination, labelling expertise, standard procedures or team lead roles in processing.
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Look for product category, grading criteria, measuring tools, food safety routines, labelling tasks and reporting format. Ads should state if work is manual, machine-assisted or laboratory-linked.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
45-2041.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETFood Science Technicians
19-4013.00
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Occupation group
Food and beverage tasters and graders (7515)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b4306d87-7992-47fc-914a-4485a4e7003c |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7515.3 |
| ISCO group | 7515 |
| Concept type | Occupation |