Confectionery Makers

Confectionery Makers operate machines and perform routine tasks to make and wrap confectionery.

What the job involves

• Weighs, measures, mixes, dissolves and boils ingredients

• Adds materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food

• Operates heating, chilling, and similar equipment

• Monitors product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary

• Operates machines to process food product

• Cleans equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintains infestation control programmes

• Moves products from production lines into storage and shipping areas

• Packages products