Profession coffee roaster
Coffee roasters control gas fired roasters to dry coffee beans. They dump coffee beans into roasting ovens and once roasted, they compare colour of roasting beans against specifications. They perform cooling of the beans by operating mechanical blowers.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
Knowledge
- Temperature scales
Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
Skills
- Monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
Monitor and control required temperatures in the different phases of production until the product reaches suitable properties according to specifications.
- Apply different roasting methods
Employ different methods to roast cocoa beans, such as oven roasting, air roasting, drum roasting, coffee roaster, and hot air gun. Use the different methods according to the production requirements, type of cocoa beans, and desired chocolate product.
- Collect samples for analysis
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.
- Operate a heat treatment process
Apply heat treatment aimed at preparing and preserving half-finished or finished food products.
- Apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.
- Apply HACCP
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).
- Operate weighing machine
Work with a weighing machine to measure raw, half-finished and finished products.
- Monitor roasting
Monitor the roasting of coffee beans and grains for proper degree of roasting to produce the desired flavours and colours.
- Lift heavy weights
Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.
- Stand high temperatures
Stand high temperatures while keeping concentration and efficiency under demanding circumstances.
- Ensure health, safety and security measures
Take responsibility for health, safety and security measures in the workplace including posture the body well, safely operate tools and machinery, and wear the right clothes and protection for the climate. Apply health and safety standards. Adhere strictly to the site safety rules and systems and equipment operational procedures.
- Manage flammable substances
Managing flammable substances to roasting operations and ensuring that safety measures are in place.
- Check processing parameters
Check processing parameters to keep under control the technological processes.
- Tolerate strong smells
Tolerate strong smells expelled by the goods being processed during the production of goods.
- Maintain industrial ovens
Maintaining industrial ovens in order to ensure effective and correct operation.
- Apply GMP
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
- Manage kiln ventilation
Managing a product specific and energy efficient kiln ventilation.
- Operate industrial ovens
Observe temperature and heat oven to the specified temperature. Operate roasting pans and facilitate the roasting process with instruments that prevent grain from sticking to the pans.
Optional knowledge and skills
perform chemical experiments work independently in service of a food production process food dehydration processes mark differences in colours exert quality control to processing food chemical aspects of sugar liaise with colleagues liaise with managers label samples follow hygienic procedures during food processing perform cleaning duties act reliably ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food productionCommon job titles
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