Food Processing Labourers
Job description
These individuals perform handling, cleaning, and packaging tasks related to food processing. They work in:
- Fruit, vegetable, meat, and fish processing and packaging plants
- Dairy manufacturing plants
- Mills
- Bakeries-Pastry shops
- Breweries
- Sugar refineries
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Odours
- Noise
Main tasks
- Cut, weigh, place, and sort food and beverages.
- Cook food products.
- Assist process control operators.
- Check the conformity and quality of products and packaging during production.
- Pack products in various containers (bags, cans, bottles, etc.).
- Transport raw materials, products, and packaging materials in the plant and warehouse.
- Clean work areas and equipment.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between jobs in this group.
- Experience leads to higher positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $20.00
- Maximum
- $25.20
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
25,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 45.7% Female
- 54.3% Male
Not available.
- 45.7% Female
- 54.3% 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
$39,200
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, 31263% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 459% of jobs
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NAICS 418% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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Others14% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 311, 31263% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 459% of jobs
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NAICS 418% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11523% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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Others14% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A few years of high school education may be required.
- A Class 5 driver's licence is sometimes required.
- A Lift Truck Operator’s competency card is sometimes required.
WAP
This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
Abilities
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Control accuracy
- Limb coordination
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
- Oral comprehension
- Endurance
- Verbal skills
- Perception speed
- Physical flexibility in extension
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 95106
Labourers in food and beverage processing
Job titles
- Production helper
- Cheese factory worker
- Bottler
- Chocolate processing helper
- Dairy helper - food and beverage processing
- Gambreler - food and beverage processing
- Production helper - food and beverage processing
- Char filter helper - food and beverage processing
- Char kiln helper - food and beverage processing
- Flumer helper - food and beverage processing
- Bolter helper - food and beverage processing
- Candy maker helper
- Industrial butcher helper
- Butcher helper - meat processing
- Baker helper
- Sugar boiler helper
- Pastry cook helper
- Cheese maker helper
- Cocoa bean roaster helper
- Beet washer helper
- Custom feed miller helper
- Grain cleaner helper
- Liquor gallery tender helper - food and beverage processing
- Flour mixer helper
- Cocoa bean press-mill helper
- Edible oil refiner helper
- Vinegar maker helper
- Dough feeder - food and beverage processing
- Casing shirrer - food and beverage processing
- Neck skewerer - food and beverage processing
- Hoof remover - food and beverage processing
- Stunner and shackler - meat packing
- Sausage linker - food and beverage processing
- Lard bleacher - food and beverage processing
- Milk powder grinder
- Sugar grinder
- Egg breaker - food and beverage processing
- Chicle-grinder feeder - food and beverage processing
- Cannery packer
- Meat packager
- Fruit splitter
- Meat loaf trimmer
- Gelatin stock cooker attendant
- Cheese cutter
- Frozen meat cutter helper
- Meat mould stripper
- Bakery products divider - food and beverage processing
- Sampler - food and beverage processing
- Butter sampler
- Beer sampler - food and beverage processing
- Cream sampler - food and beverage processing
- Milk sampler
- Yeast sampler - food and beverage processing
- Food product sampler
- Dairy sampler - food and beverage processing
- Frozen food packer
- Bakery products packager
- Butter wrapper
- Candy wrapper
- Cake wrapper
- Pastry wrapper
- Sausage wrapper - food and beverage processing
- Meat wrapper
- Meat vacuum wrapper
- Poultry packager
- Butter packer
- Biscuit packer
- Candy packer
- Hand chocolate packer
- Cigarette packer
- Liquid packer
- Salt packer
- Tobacco packer
- Machine tobacco packer
- Meat packager - food and beverage processing
- Case stacker - food and beverage processing
- Icing dipper - food and beverage processing
- Hand candy dipper - food and beverage processing
- Bagger - food and beverage processing
- Animal feed sack filler
- Shrouder - food and beverage processing
- Tobacco hogshead liner
- Bread pan greaser - food and beverage processing
- Casing stripper - food and beverage processing
- Barrel cleaner - food and beverage processing
- Beet washer
- Bottle washer
- Carcass washer - food and beverage processing
- Machine container washer - food and beverage processing
- Fruit and vegetable cleaner - food and beverage processing
- Meat washer
- Labourer - food and beverage processing
- Yeast processing labourer
- Corn syrup processing labourer
- Food processing labourer
- Edible oil processing labourer
- Cannabis processing labourer
- Tobacco processing labourer
- Starch factory labourer - food and beverage processing
- Meat-packing plant labourer
- Syrup-processing plant labourer
- Yeast-processing plant labourer
- Bakery labourer
- Brewery labourer
- Confection labourer - food and beverage processing
- Beef marker - food and beverage processing
- Bin cleaner - food and beverage processing
- Cocoa bean cleaner
- Food-processing equipment cleaner
- Carton package stapler
- Starch centrifuge tender
- Gluten settler - food and beverage processing
- Freezing worker - food and beverage processing
- Ice cream worker - food and beverage processing
- Popcorn maker - food and beverage processing
- Singeing machine tender
- Pellet mill worker - food and beverage processing
- Linking machine tender - food and beverage processing
- Banding machine tender - tobacco products
- Cigar-wrapping machine tender
- Carton-packaging machine tender - food and beverage processing
- Snuff-packing machine tender
- Washing and waxing machine tender - food and beverage processing
- Potato-peeling machine tender
- Meat-rolling machine tender
- Tobacco baler
- Corn starch neutralizer
- Production labourer - food processing
- Chewing gum production attendant
- Chilling worker - food and beverage processing
- Food-cooling pan tender
- Cigar bander
- Bakery products bander
- Dumping machine tender - food and beverage processing
- Cigar wrapper
- Machine cigar wrapper
- Centrifuge tender - meat packing plant
- Centrifuge tender - food and beverage processing
- Freezer worker - food and beverage processing
- Tumbler tender - food and beverage processing
- Label coder - food and beverage processing
- Noodle paste mixer tender
- Seasoning mixer - food and beverage processing
- Soft drink mixer
- Juice blender
- Tea blender
- Blender and wrapper - food and beverage processing
- Blender and packer - food and beverage processing
- Fruit peeler - food and beverage processing
- Poultry cooler worker - food and beverage processing
- Hogshead filler - tobacco products
- Meat dryer
- Cannery worker - food and beverage processing
- Bottling line worker
- Carcass weigher - food and beverage processing
- Dough weigher
- Tobacco weigher
- Tare assessor - food and beverage processing
- Glucose transferrer - food and beverage processing
- Fruit preparer - food and beverage processing
- Chewing gum batch mixer
- Cocoa powder mixer
- Smoked meat preparer - food and beverage processing
- Bottle caser - food and beverage processing
- Tobacco-packing machine tender
- Bottle-washing machine tender - food and beverage processing
- Film-coating machine tender - tobacco products
- Box stitcher - food and beverage processing
- Carton bander
- Cigar brander
- Cellophaner - tobacco products
- Caser - tobacco processing
- Tank attendant - food and beverage processing
- Meat press tender
- Filler - food and beverage processing
- Tub filler - food and beverage processing
- Barrel filler - food and beverage processing
- Dough roller
- Dry curer - food and beverage processing
- Casing salter - food and beverage processing
- Sausage casing curer
- Meat mould sealer
- Nut-chopping machine feeder
- Skinning machine feeder - food and beverage processing
- Coffee-blending machine feeder
- Sorting machine feeder - food and beverage processing
- Potato chip sorter
- Nut sorter - food and beverage processing
- Ticket checker - tobacco processing
- Bottle checker - food and beverage processing
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: January 29, 2026
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