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Overview
Fruit and vegetable canners operate machines that sort, wash, peel, cut, preserve, freeze, can and pack produce for storage or shipping.
In job descriptions, look for food canning lines, blanching, chilling, ingredient handling, HACCP, hygienic processing, product quality checks, cutting equipment and waste handling.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
This work is usually tied to an industrial food line. The canner watches produce move through washing, peeling, cutting, blanching, preserving, freezing or packing steps and reacts when quality, hygiene or machine flow changes.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes food preservation, food storage, HACCP, GMP, hygienic processing, ingredient handling, chilling, product checks and upkeep of cutting or beverage machinery.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by line speed, shift work, food safety responsibility, machine troubleshooting, quality control duties and whether the role covers several processing steps or one station.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior machine operation, line coordination, quality control, maintenance support, food safety routines or supervision in fruit, vegetable or broader food production.
Good to know
Check which products and process steps the vacancy names. A clear advert separates canning or freezing line work from general warehouse packing and states hygiene, quality and machine duties.
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: 1
Food Processing Workers, All Other
51-3099.00
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Food and related products machine operators (8160)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/defc8417-eeb6-4f13-8fcd-6518b99a40f4 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8160.36 |
| ISCO group | 8160 |
| Concept type | Occupation |