Food Processing Workers
Food processing workers prepare raw food items and combine ingredients to make food products.
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26%
70%
National data for food cooking machine operators and tenders (SOC 51-3093).
$19,110
$23,980
$35,650
$9.19
$11.53
$17.14
Based on Nebraska Wage Figures

Education

  • On-the-job Training – High School Diploma or GED preferred
  • Little or no previous work experience – Train on the job

    • Hours

  • Usually work 40 hours a week
    • ; FOOD PROCESSING WORKERS will:
  • Cook very large quantities of food
  • Work using hands and cooking machines
  • Have a low level of social interaction
  • May work only during the summer and fall harvest
    • FOOD PROCESSING WORKERS frequently:
  • Stand or walk for long periods of time.
  • Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Repeat the same motions.
  • Bend or twist their body.
    • It is important that FOOD PROCESSING WORKERS be able to:
  • See details of objects that are less than a few feet away.
  • Make quick, precise adjustments to machine controls.
  • Use one or two hands to grasp, move, or assemble small objects.
  • Understand the speech of another person.
  • Use stomach and lower back muscles to support the body for long periods without getting tired.
  • Focus on one source of sound and ignore others.
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