Food Processing Sorters
Job description
These individuals check, grade, and sort raw materials and products in food processing. They ensure compliance with the current standards. They work in:
- Fruit, vegetable, fish, and meat processing plants
- Dairy manufacturers
- Mills
- Bakeries and Pastry Shops
- Breweries
- Sugar refineries
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Odours
- Noise
Main tasks
- Sample and test products at various stages of processing.
- Sort, grade, and inspect raw materials or finished products.
- Weigh products.
- Ensure that products conform to company standards.
- Ensure that health and safety practices are followed according to policies and regulations.
- Notify supervisors of any deficiencies in raw materials or finished products.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
1,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 62% Female
- 38% Male
Not available.
- 62% Female
- 38% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$48,800
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 311, 31257% of jobs
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NAICS 4111% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 459% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11527% of jobs
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NAICS 723% of jobs
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Others13% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 311, 31257% of jobs
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NAICS 4111% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 459% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11527% of jobs
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NAICS 723% of jobs
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Others13% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A high school diploma may be required.
- Experience as a Labourer or Machine Operator in the food, beverage, and related products processing industry may be required.
- Forklift Operator competency card may be required.
- Certification or training related to the duties of the position or industry may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Active listening
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Processing flexibility
- Deductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
Interests
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 94143
Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
Job titles
- Food and beverage processing grader
- Butter grader
- Milk grader
- Test baker - food and beverage processing
- Fruit and vegetable grader - food and beverage processing
- Capon grader - food and beverage processing
- Cream grader
- Fish grader
- Meat grader
- Lamb grader
- Beef grader
- Pork grader
- Veal grader
- Poultry grader
- Dressed poultry grader
- Kosher inspector - food and beverage processing
- Filter tip inspector - tobacco processing
- Wineries fermentation inspector
- Moisture content tester - tobacco processing
- Dairy moisture tester
- Butterfat tester
- Liquor tester - food and beverage processing
- Grain sampler - food and beverage processing
- Tobacco sample puller
- Feed tester - food and beverage processing
- Beer tester
- Cookie and cracker tester
- Brewery tester - food and beverage processing
- Dairy cream tester
- Starch tester - food and beverage processing
- Soybean tester
- Beer bottling line quality control tester
- Bread tester
- Product tester - food and beverage processing
- Dairy product tester - food and beverage processing
- Sugar tester
- Wine tester
- Mashgiach - food and beverage processing
- Gauger - wineries
- Tenderometer tender - food and beverage processing
- Milk receiver-tester
- Honey grader and blender
- Bacon grader
- Casing grader - food and beverage processing
- Cigar grader
- Cigarette grader
- Tobacco leaf grader
- Cheese grader
- Seed corn grader
- Ham grader
- Tobacco grader
- Dairy grader - food and beverage processing
- Canned and bottled foods inspector
- Beverage inspector
- Beverage and bottle inspector
- Can inspector - food and beverage processing
- Candy inspector
- Hogshead inspector - tobacco processing
- Cigarette tester
- Quality control checker - food and beverage processing
- Process control checker - food and beverage processing
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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