NorthStar

Occupations/51-3093.00

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

53%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

39%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

51%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.

  • Mostly routine

    Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.

  • Mostly routine

    Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
  2. 02Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
  3. 03Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
  4. 04Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
  5. 05Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
  6. 06Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.03
  • Degree of automation2.89
  • Time sitting1.65
  • Originality (ability)2.00
  • Conflict situations2.42
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.61
  • Outdoors / weather2.82
  • Disease exposure1.00
  • Decision freedom4.59

Top abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity3.62
  • Written Comprehension3.38
  • Oral Comprehension3.38
  • Near Vision3.25
  • Selective Attention3.12
  • Information Ordering3.12
  • Control Precision3.12
  • Reaction Time3.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.12
  • Active Listening3.00
  • Writing2.75
  • Speaking2.62
  • Mathematics2.00
  • Science1.88
  • Critical Thinking3.00
  • Active Learning2.62
  • Learning Strategies2.12
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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