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Median salary
$38,000
Median annual salary based on certification and degree program completion.
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Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
Agricultural And Industrial Technology: Industrial Technician
Certificate of Achievement
Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.
Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
Perform standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products.
BUS Info Processing: Microcomputers/Office Assistant
Certificate of Achievement
Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.
Agricultural And Industrial Technology: Industrial Technician
Certificate of Achievement
Use hand or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.
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