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Overview
Pasta makers prepare fresh pasta, fillings and other pasta products by following recipes, processing steps and production schedules in a food production setting.
In job descriptions, look for dough preparation, kneading, ingredient measurement, extruding, chilling, bakery equipment, hygiene routines, HACCP, production samples and quality checks.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Pasta maker work is usually hands-on food production around dough, fillings, recipes and machine settings. The setting may be a bakery, pasta workshop or larger food manufacturing line.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include precise ingredient measurement, kneading, extruding, cooling, bakery equipment use, sanitation and checking pasta samples before products move to packing or storage.
Salary context
Salary context depends on production volume, recipe responsibility, machine operation, hygiene accountability, shift work and whether the role includes quality control or inventory duties.
Career paths
Paths can move from bakery or food production work into pasta line operation, recipe development, quality checks, production coordination or supervision of a small preparation team.
Good to know
Check adverts for the pasta types, filling work, machines used, hygiene procedures, batch sizes, production schedule, sample checks and whether the role is craft preparation or industrial processing.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for pasta maker work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Occupation group
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (7512)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/26852256-d423-41bb-8178-4d37ff2528b9 |
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| ESCO code | 7512.4 |
| ISCO group | 7512 |
| Concept type | Occupation |