Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
About the profession
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
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Based on the Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders role, here are the RIASEC personality types that tend to thrive in this career. While these alignments are common, individual success depends on motivation, skill development, and finding the right work environment.
Enterprising
Leading, persuading, business
Social
Helping, teaching, working with people
Conventional
Organizing, detail-oriented, structured
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Career Path
Your career progression roadmap with salary growth at each level
Career Ladder
Trainee Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tender → Technician Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tender → Senior Technician Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tender → Lead Technician Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tender
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Salary Growth
4
Levels
51K
Top Salary
8+
Years
Learning Path
Skills you need to develop and courses to get there
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Go to Career PathCareer levels
Timeline: 0-2 | Entry Level Base: $28,720 - $34,268/year With equity/bonuses: $31,592 - $41,122 Top markets (SF/NYC): $33,028 - $41,122 Execute core tasks using Operations…
Day in Life
Junior vs Senior, daily schedule breakdown
9am, Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
Income Dynamics
Conservative and aggressive scenarios for 10–15 years
Year 1: Entry level $20,104 - $30,841 Year 2-3: Junior level $34,268 - $37,824 Year 4-6: Mid level $37,824 - $41,009 Year 7-10: Senior level $41,009 - $47,631 Year 10+:…
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You find the craft of a Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tender genuinely interesting, not just a paycheck You enjoy working with Operations Monitoring and Reading Comprehension…
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