Manufacturing
Food production line operator
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.2% (BLS).
The job
Food and related products machine operators (ISCO 8160). Food and related products machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals and trim meat from carcasses; bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves.
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287 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- animal feed operator
- animal feed worker
- animal feeder
- attendant in cigarette manufacturing
- bakery worker
- baking operator
- bean cleaners
- bean roaster
- beverage carbonation worker
- beverage filtration expert
- beverage filtration technician
- beverage filtration worker
- beverage manufacturer
- blancher
- blanching operative
- blanching operator
- blanching process worker
- blanching worker
- blender operator
- blending operator
- blending plant operator
- blending plant worker
- bread making machine operator
- brew house operator
- brew house worker
- brewer
- brewery operator
- brewery technician
- brewery worker
- brewing operator
- brewing yeast distiller
- brewing yeast handling operative
- bulk filler
- bulk filling operative
- bulk filling worker
- bulk operator
- bulk worker
- cacao bean roaster
- cacao beans cleaner
- candy machine operative
- candy machine operator
- candy production operative
- candy production worker
- carbonation operator
- cellar operator
- cellar worker
- centrifugal process operator
- centrifuge operative
- centrifuge operator
- chewing gum mixer operator
- chewing gum production machinist
- chewing gum production operative
- chilling operator
- chocolate mould operative
- chocolate mould operator
- chocolate mould worker
- chocolate moulder
- chocolate moulding operator
- cider fermentation operator
- cider fermentation process operator
- cider fermenter
- cider products fermenter
- cigarette machine driver
- cigarette machine maker attendant
- cigarette machine minder
- cigarette machine operative
- cigarette machine operator
- cigarette machine tender
- cigarette maker
- cigarette maker operator
- cigarette making machine assistant
- cigarette making machine operative
- cigarette making machine operator
- cigarette manufacturing attendant
- cigarette manufacturing machinist
- cigarette manufacturing operative
- cigarette manufacturing worker
- cigarette production operative
- cigarette production worker
- cigarette rolling machine operator
- cigarette- making machine operator
- clarifier
- clarifier equipment operator
- clarifier machine controller
- coca bean cleaners
- coca bean winnower controller
- cocoa bean cleaning machine operator
- cocoa bean processor
- cocoa bean shelling machine operator
- cocoa bean treatment system operator
- cocoa compression operative
- cocoa compression operator
- cocoa mill operator
- cocoa mill worker
- cocoa miller
- cocoa milling operator
- cocoa press operator
- cocoa pressing operative
- cocoa pressing operator
- cocoa processor
- cocoa roaster
- coffee bean roaster
- coffee bean roasting expert
- coffee bean roasting specialist
- coffee grinder
- coffee roaster
- dairy operator
- dairy plant employee
- dairy plant worker
- dairy processing operator
- dairy processor
- dairy production worker
- dairy products manufacturing worker
- dairy products worker
- distiller
- distillery grain mill worker
- distillery grain miller
- distillery mill worker
- distillery miller
- distillery production worker
- distillery worker
- distilling miller
- drink filter operator
- drinks filtration worker
- drinks gasification processor
- dryer
- dryer attendant
- drying attendant
- drying worker
- extract mixer
- extract mixer tester
- extractor
- fat purifier
- fat-purification operative
- fat-purification operator
- fat-purification worker
- fats purifier
- feed worker
- feeder
- fermentation cellar machine minder
- fermentation cellar operative
- fermentation cellar supervisor
- fermentation equipment operator
- fermentation inspector
- fermentation operator
- fermentation process operator
- fermenter
- filter cigarette making machine operator
- filter cigarette-making machine operator
- fish canner
- fish canning operative
- fish canning operator
- fish production operator
- fish production worker
- fish products manufacture specialist
- fish products operator
- fish products production operative
- flour mill worker
- flour miller
- flour purification operative
- flour purification operator
- flour purifier
- flour purifier operator
- food manufacturing worker
- food production operative
- food production operator
- food production worker
- food products dryer operator
- food worker
- fruit ad veg canning operative
- fruit and veg canner
- fruit and vegetable canner
- fruit press operative
- fruit press worker
- fruit presser
- fruit squeezer
- fruit-press operator
- gasifier operator
- germination operator
- grain mill worker
- grain miller
- grain purifier
- grinder operator
- grinding machine attendant
- gum sheeting machine operator
- high-speed machine operator (tobacco products)
- honey extraction operative
- honey extractor
- honey process worker
- honey production worker
- hydrogenation machine operative
- hydrogenation machine operator
- hydrogenation operator
- hydrogenation process operator
- hydrogenator
- kettle tender
- liquor blender
- liquor grinding mill operator
- machine operative (tobacco processing)
- machine operator tobacco processing
- malster
- malt kiln operative
- malt kiln operator
- malt kiln specialist
- malt kiln worker
- malt worker
- maltster
- manufacture of cigarette operative
- manufacturers of soft-drinks
- meat machine operator
- meat manufacturer
- meat process worker
- meat processor
- mechanical sifter operator
- milk heat treatment process operator
- milk processing operative
- milk processing operator
- milk treatment operative
- milk treatment operator
- miller
- oil extractor operative
- oil extractor operator
- pasta manufacturer
- pasta operator
- pasta production operator
- prepared meals operator
- prepared meat operator
- processed meat operators
- refinery starch extractor
- refinery starch operator
- refining machine operative
- refining machine operator
- refining machine worker
- refining operator
- refining worker
- sauce maker
- sauce making machine operative
- sauce making machine operator
- sauce making machine worker
- sauce production operative
- sauce production operator
- sauce production plant operative
- sauce production plant operator
- sauce production plant worker
- sauce production worker
- soft drinks manufacturer
- soft drinks producer
- soft drinks retailer
- soft drinks supplier
- sparkling machine operator
- spice mixers
- spice sifter
- spinning operative
- spinning operator
- spirit beverage worker
- spirits blender
- spirits production worker
- starch conversion worker
- starch converter
- starch converting operator
- starch extraction operator
- starch operator
- starch worker
- steep vessel operator
- sugar plant operative
- sugar production operative
- sugar refinery operative
- sugar refinery operator
- sugar worker
- sweets machine operator
- tank tender
- tea blender
- tobacco processing machine minder
- tobacco processing machine operators
- tobacco processing machine tender
- vermouth manufacturer
- vermouth operative
- vermouth processor
- vermouth producer
- vermouth production operative
- vermouth production operator
- vinegar production operator
- wine fermenter
- wine products fermenter
- yeast distiller
- yeast distilling operative
- yeast handler
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.