ISCO 08 Code 751        Food processing and related trades workers

Food processing and related trades workers slaughter animals, treat and prepare them and related food items for human and animal consumptions, make various kinds of bread, cakes and other flour products, process and preserve fruit, vegetables and related foods, taste and grade various food products and beverages, or prepare tobacco and make tobacco products.

Tasks performed usually include:

• slaughtering animals;
• treating meat and fish and preparing them and related food items;
• making various kinds of bread, cakes and other flour products;
• processing and preserving fruit, vegetables and related foods;
• tasting and grading various food products and beverages;
• preparing tobacco and making tobacco products.

Supervision of workers may be included.

Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

• 7511           Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers
• 7512           Bakers, pastry –cooks and confectionary makers
• 7513           Dairy product makers
• 7514           Fruit, vegetable and related preservers
• 7515           Food and beverage tasters and graders
• 7516           Tobacco preparers and tobacco product makers

Notes
ISCO 88 Code(s) 741
(NCvB;  Mei 2010)