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Dairy products maker

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Artisan dairy products maker Artisanal dairy products maker Butter maker Butter producer Cheese maker Cheese producer Cheese spread maker Cheese spread producer Craft dairy products maker Cream maker Cream producer Dairy products maker Farmhouse dairy products maker Heritage dairy products maker Ice-cream maker Ice-cream producer Traditional style diary products maker Yoghurt maker Yoghurt producer

Dairy products makers artisanally process raw milk to make dairy products such as butter, cheese, cream and milk.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content;
(b) Separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter;
(c) Dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk;
(d) Curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape;
(e) Salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth;
(f) Placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese;
(g) Monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary;
(h) Recording amounts of ingredients used, test results, and time cycles.

Knowledge

  • Food processing
  • Law
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Operating food processing machinery
  • Fabricating food and related products
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Packaging objects
  • Monitoring quality of products

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Taking a proactive approach

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Food processing and related trades workers

Dairy products makers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Dairy products makers

45

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

8,67%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-11,76% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

66,67%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

22,22%

Part-time contracts

1,02% Turnover index

8

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-19%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

73%

27%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Food processing and related trades workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Dairy products makers

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
40%
Between 1 and 2 years
0%
Between 2 and 4 years
7%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
33%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
36%
Construction
18%
Manufacturing
14%
Administrative and support service activities
14%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Others
9%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.