Skills & competences

Description

Dairy products makers process butter and various types of cheese, cream or other dairy products.
Tasks include -
(a) boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content;
(b) separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter;
(c) dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk;
(d) curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape;
(e) salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth;
(f) placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese;
(g) monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary;
(h) recording amounts of ingredients used, test results and time cycles.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Butter maker
- Cheese maker
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Dairy products machine operator - 8160
- Milk processing machine operator - 8160