Dairy products makers process butter and various types of cheese, cream or other dairy products.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Dairy-products makers - from $1,318 to $3,259 per month - 2024.
- A Dairy-products makers typically earns between $1,318 and $2,309 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,372 and $2,462 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content
- Separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter
- Dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk
- Curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape
- Salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth
- Placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese
- Monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
- Recording amounts of ingredients used, test results, and time cycles
