A professional who performs any combination of following tasks to can, freeze, preserve, or pack food products. Respnsibilities include:

• Dumps or places food products in hopper, on sorting table, or on conveyor.
• Sorts or grades products according to size, color, or quality.
• Feeds products into processing equipment, such as washing, refrigerating, peeling, coring, pitting, trimming, grinding, dicing, cooking, or slicing machines.
• Trims, peels, and slices products with knife or paring tool.
• Feeds empty containers onto conveyor or forming machines.
• Fills containers, using scoop or filling form, or packs by hand.
• Counts, weighs, or tallies processed items according to specifications.
• Inspects and weighs filled containers to ensure product conforms to quality and weight standards.
• Places filled containers on trays, racks, or into boxes.
• Loads, moves, or stacks containers by hand or handtruck, and cleans glass jar containers, using airhose.
• May be designated according to work performed as Dumper; Peeler; Sorter; Trimmer.