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Overview
Refining machine operators run equipment that refines crude edible oils, using wash tanks and heat to remove by-products and impurities from oils such as soybean or peanut oil.
In job descriptions, look for oil flow control, wash tanks, food hygiene, GMP, HACCP, sanitation, machinery cleaning, samples, quality checks and safe handling of hot equipment.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Refining machine operator work is production work around edible oil refining equipment. The operator controls oil flow, wash tanks, heat and cleaning steps so by-products and impurities are removed safely.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include GMP, HACCP, sanitation, hygienic food processing, machinery cleaning, disassembling equipment, sampling, checking sensorial oil parameters and reading process data from food manufacturing systems.
Salary context
Salary context depends on plant complexity, shift pattern, hot-process responsibility, hygiene controls, quality checks, equipment cleaning, sample handling and whether the role includes troubleshooting or only steady machine tending.
Career paths
Career paths can develop from machine tending into line coordination, quality control, process monitoring, sanitation leadership, maintenance support or specialist operation of degumming, alkali refining or other oil treatment stages.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the oil type, tanks, heat process, hygiene system, sampling duties and cleaning scope. Clear adverts separate edible oil refining from general packaging or warehouse work.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
51-9192.00
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Occupation group
Food and related products machine operators (8160)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ed41ca50-bb2a-41e2-a332-9b2df83040c1 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8160.48 |
| ISCO group | 8160 |
| Concept type | Occupation |