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Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing  (NOC 9617)
Red Deer Region
Description |  Titles |  Duties |   Related Occupations

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.

bottle washer, brewery labourer, cigarette packer, dairy helper, food processing labourer, meat packager, potato chip sorter, production helper.

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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.
Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Red Deer, Blackfalds, Innisfail, Lacombe, Penhold, Ponoka, Rimbey, Sylvan Lake

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Outlook & Prospects for Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing in Red Deer Region

The future forecast and current conditions for an occupation can vary based on location or due to changes in the economy, technology, or demand for a product or service.

Local Employment Potential Information

Table on the employment potential for Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing in Red Deer Region as well as in the rest of the Alberta.
Location Employment Potential Release Date
Red Deer Region Fair 2011-06-13

Employment opportunities for this occupation continue to be good due to the number and diversity of food and beverage products and processing companies, and the number of job opportunities made available when workers change employers or retire.

Changes in this occupation are requiring higher levels of reading and writing skills and a greater emphasis on continued learning of new technologies.

[ Source: Labour Market Information - HRSDC ]

Local Labour Market News

Week of Jun 04 – Jun 08, 2012

Week of May 21 – May 25, 2012

[ Source: Labour Market Information - HRSDC ]
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