Fruit-press operators tend power presses to extract juice from fruits. For the purpose, they spread fruit evenly in cloth before tending the press and keep filter bags between sections in the machines ready for the extraction process. They are in charge of removing filter bags or pull cart from press and dump fruit pulp residue into containers.
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Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.
Clean machinery used for food or beverage production processes. Prepare the appropriate solutions for cleaning. Prepare all parts and assure that they are clean enough to avoid deviation or errors in the production process.
Core apples and quarter them using an apple corer.
Receive raw materials from the suppliers. Check their quality and accuracy and move them into the warehouse. Make sure that raw materials are adequately stored until they are required by the production department.
Use presses and filters to extract juice from fruit.
Operate pumping equipment and control oil and gas pumping systems. Manipulate control panels to adjust pressure and temperature, as well as to direct product flow rate and to monitor liquid circulation in petroleum refinery. Oversee gas and oil transport from wellheads to refineries or storage facilities.
Process fruits and vegetables refer to all kinds of methods and techniques used to prepare food products using fruits and vegetables as raw materials.
Collaborate in a team with other food processing professionals in service of the food & beverages industry.
Adhere to organisational or department specific standards and guidelines. Understand the motives of the organisation and the common agreements and act accordingly.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Be at ease in unsafe environments like being exposed to dust, rotating equipment, hot surfaces, sub-freezing and cold storage areas, noise, wet floors and moving lift equipment.
Disassembles equipment using hand tools in order to clean equipments and to perform regular operational maintenance.
Keep workspaces and equipment free from dirt, infection, and disease by removing waste, trash and providing for appropriate cleaning.
Ensure a clean working space according to hygienic standards in the food processing industry.
Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.
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Chemical constitution of apples: sugars, water content, proteins, acidity, and vitamins. Constituents of apples which contribute to better quality, so the apple production can be used in obtaining healthy juice and pulp.
Variety of apples ranging from sweet to sour and their colours, shapes, and uses.
The set of health, safety and hygiene standards and items of legislation applicable in a specific sector.
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Analyse apple juice before fermentation and the cider during and afterwards. Observe how the fermented juice characteristics change from year to year in the same apple varieties. Be aware of the wide range of sugar, acid and tannin levels between apple varieties.
Analyse characteristics, composition, and other properties of food products at reception.
Examine if food or beverages are safe for human consumption. Verify the right levels of key ingredients and the correctness of the label declarations and the levels of nutrients present. Ensure samples of food and beverages comply to specific standards or procedures.
Check processing parameters to keep under control the technological processes.
Dispose or collect food waste with the purpose of recycling or throwing away from the production process. Follow established procedures for their disposal taking care of the environment and the safety matters according to legislations.
Make sure to comply with environmental legislation in food production. Understand the legislation related to environmental matters in food manufacturing and apply it in practice.
Separated solids that will not readily sediment from their suspending liquid by passing the mixture through filters.
Oil or grease the parts of the machines and equipment that need to be lubricated. Follow safety procedures to do so.
Label raw material/product samples for laboratory checks, according to implemented quality system.
Select ripe and unripe apples considering the quantity of starch in them to turn into sugar.
Set up machinery and equipment for food production. Make sure that controls, settings, and input requirements are according to the required standards.
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