Coffee Roaster
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 5
- Major group
- Labourers
Classification
- Major group
- 8Labourers
- Sub-major group
- 83Factory Process Workers
- Minor group
- 831Food Process Workers
- Unit group
- 8311Food and Drink Factory Workers
Description
Selects, blends and roasts coffee beans to ensure flavour consistency, quality and optimal roast levels to produce distinct coffee varieties.
Unit group
8311 · Food and Drink Factory WorkersDescription
Perform routine tasks in manufacturing food and beverages.
Skill level
Australia
5
Occupation skill level 5
Tasks
Tasks include
- Inspects and sorts green coffee beans for roasting
- Loads green coffee beans into coffee roasting machinery and operates machinery, such as drum or air roasters and quenching equipment
- Monitors and adjusts temperature, time and airflow settings during the coffee bean roasting processes, including the cracking process, to ensure quality and efficiency
- Tests and checks roasted coffee beans for quality and flavour consistency
- Weighs and packs roasted coffee beans accurately, and keeps track of inventory to prepare for distribution
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/browse-classification/8/83/831/8311
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/data-downloads/OSCA%20Category%20Descriptions.xlsx
