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Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing  (NOC 9617)
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Labourers in this unit group perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities related to food, beverage and tobacco processing. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, meat plants, breweries and other food, beverage and tobacco processing plants.

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Labourers in food, beverage and tobacco processing perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials throughout plant and warehouse manually, or with powered equipment
  • Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines or mobile tank trucks
  • Feed flattened boxes into forming machines to construct containers
  • Remove filled containers from conveyors and manually pack goods into bags, boxes or other containers
  • Clean work areas and equipment
  • Feed and unload tobacco processing machines
  • Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
  • Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.
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Education & Job Requirements for Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing in Newfoundland and Labrador

Education and job requirements can vary by region. Workers in regulated occupations require a licence to work legally. Workers in non-regulated occupations do not require a licence, but employers may have other certification requirements.

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