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Milk reception operator

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Milk dairy worker Milk reception operative Milk reception operator Milk worker Milking operator

Milk reception operators use devices that ensure the correct qualitative and quantitative reception of the raw milk. They perform initial cleaning operations, storage and distribution of raw material to the different processing factory units.

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
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Law
  • Chemical engineering and processes

Digital competencies

  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Ensuring compliance with legislation
  • Following instructions and procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Complying with operational procedures

Digital competencies

  • Accessing and analysing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Following ethical code of conduct
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

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 what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Dairy products makers

50

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

8,06%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

2,04% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

70,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

24,00%

Part-time contracts

1,06% Turnover index

11

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

16%

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

72%

28%

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
8%
Less than 1 year
33%
Between 1 and 2 years
1%
Between 2 and 4 years
8%
Between 4 and 8 years
8%
More than 8 years
42%
Manufacturing
21%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
21%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Administrative and support service activities
21%
Education
16%
0%

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.