Description
The processes by which fruit and vegetables are dehydrated including techniques such as sun drying, indoor drying, and industrial applications for drying food. The dehydration process goes from selection of the fruit and vegetables according to their size, washing the fruit, classifying according to the product, storage, and mixing with ingredients resulting in a final product.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 8 occupations
- Total: 9 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Dryer attendantDryer attendants tend rotary dryers to remove moisture from raw materials or food products in transformation. They observe instruments to verify dryer temperature and regulate stea…
Optional for
- Pasta makerPasta makers prepare fresh pasta, fillings, and other types of pasta following specific recipes and processes. Other titles The following job titles also refer to pasta maker: past…
- Coffee roasterCoffee roasters control gas fired roasters to dry coffee beans. They dump coffee beans into roasting ovens and once roasted, they compare colour of roasting beans against specific…
- Starch converting operatorStarch converting operators control converters to change starch into glucose or corn syrup. After processing, they test products to verify their purity. Other titles The following …
- Malt kiln operatorMalt kiln operators tend kiln machines and equipment while supervising that the grain roasting operation maintains in specified roasting parameters. Other titles The following job …
- Fish production operatorFish production operators regulate and supervise fish product manufacturing facilities. They keep stock of all required ingredients and equipment for mass manufacturing. They also …
- Prepared meat operatorPrepared meat operators process meat either by hand or using meat machines such as meat grinding, crushing or mixing machines. They perform preservation processes such as pasteuris…
- Milk heat treatment process operatorMilk heat treatment process operators use equipments to perform different methods of pasteurisation and/or sterilisation to dairy liquid products. They operate equipment such as ra…
- Malt masterMalt masters evaluate and grade different malts on a sensory basis for brewing purposes. They assess the look, the smell, and the taste of raw materials and unfinished products…