Overview
Labourers in food and beverage processing perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food and beverage processing. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing and packaging plants.
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials throughout plant and warehouse manually, or with powered equipment
Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines or mobile tank trucks
Feed and unload food and beverage processing machines
Feed flattened boxes into forming machines to construct containers
Remove filled containers from conveyors and manually pack goods into bags, boxes or other containers
Clean work areas and equipment
Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.
Employment prospects
Annual salary
$36,289
$39,626
$51,139
Job openings
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British Columbia
3,228expected job openings (5-year forecast)
Education and training
Employment requirements
Some secondary school education may be required.
Additional information
There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.
Labourers in food and beverage processing may progress to machine or process operating positions with experience.
Certification requirements
Post-secondary programs in B.C.
No post-secondary education required
No post-secondary education required. You can work in this career without post-secondary education. Some on the job training may be provided. With additional training or experience, you may be able to progress into higher level, supervisory or management positions.