Profession oilseed presser

Oilseed pressers operate hydraulic presses that extracts oil from oilseed.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Mechanical tools

  Understand machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

• Oil seed process

  Oil seed process from cleaning the oil bearing seed, decorticating the seed, crushing, conditioning and heating, to filtering and neutralising.

Skills

• Tend press operation

  Operate press that separates juice from pomace. Start up the conveyor that transports pomace to the disintegrating machine.

• Tend mixing oil machine

  Use machines to weigh and mix vegetable oils for products, such as salad oils, shortening and margarine, according to formula.

• Clean waste materials from machines

  Clean waste materials from machine using the adequate equipment or appliances as to ensure smooth operations, avoid accidents, and maintain clean working place.

• 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.

• Maintain hydraulic press

  Tend hydraulic press to extract oil from seeds.

• Exert quality control to processing food

  Ensure the quality of all factors involved in a food production process.

• Follow hygienic procedures during food processing

  Ensure a clean working space according to hygienic standards in the food processing industry.

• Manage moisture of seeds

  Managing moisture levels of oil seeds and adjust process accordingly.

• Refine edible oils

  Refine edible oils to make them suitable for human consumption. Remove impurities and toxic substances performing processes such as bleaching, deodorisation and cooling.

• Follow verbal instructions

  Have the ability to follow spoken instructions received from colleagues. Strive to understand and clarify what is being requested.

• Apply GMP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

• Tend equipment for oil extraction

  Tend equipment that strains stearin from vegetable oils, such as soybean oil, corn oil, and cottonseed oil to produce salad oil. Chill the oil in a chilling tank for the specified time to solidify stearin. Use air pressure to force oil through filters and trap suspended stearin.

• Pump products

  Operate pumping machines according to specific procedures and depending on the kind of product. Ensure correct quantities and adequate feeding for the process.

• Regulate steam pressure

  Regulate steam pressure and temperatures according to specifications.

• Apply HACCP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).

• Crush seeds

  Crush seeds by passing the seeds or kernels between steel rollers.

• Perform preliminary operations for oil extraction

  Perform preliminary operations to raw materials such as cracking, shelling and dehulling before the oil extraction.

• Ensure public safety and security

  Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.

• Carry out checks of production plant equipment

  Carry out checks of the machinery and equipment used in the production plant. Ensure that the machinery is working properly, set machines before usage, and assure continuous operability of the equipment.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB