33 lines
2.5 KiB
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33 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
# Tasks & work activities — brewmaster
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Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 19-1012.00 (Food Scientists and Technologists) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2145; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.
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## Task statements
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- **[Core]** Develop new food items for production, based on consumer feedback.
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- **[Core]** Stay up to date on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature.
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- **[Core]** Test new products for flavor, texture, color, nutritional content, and adherence to government and industry standards.
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- **[Core]** Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.
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- **[Core]** Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development.
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- **[Core]** Evaluate food processing and storage operations and assist in the development of quality assurance programs for such operations.
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- **[Core]** Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience.
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- **[Core]** Study the structure and composition of food or the changes foods undergo in storage and processing.
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- **[Core]** Develop new or improved ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences.
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- **[Core]** Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications.
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- **[Core]** Demonstrate products to clients.
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- **[Core]** Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management.
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- **[Core]** Seek substitutes for harmful or undesirable additives, such as nitrites.
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## Detailed work activities
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- Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems.
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- Confer with clients to exchange information.
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- Develop specifications for new products or processes.
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- Establish standards for products, processes, or procedures.
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- Evaluate new technologies or methods.
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- Evaluate quality of materials or products.
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- Inspect areas for compliance with sanitation standards.
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- Research methods to improve food products.
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- Review professional literature to maintain professional knowledge.
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- Test quality of materials or finished products.
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