3.1Low Risk
Food and Drink Factory Workers
Factory Process Workers · Food Process Workers
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
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Median Weekly Pay
$1,647
Full-time workers
Employment
27,900
Total workers
10yr Growth
+2.8%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
N/A
Key Insight
Food and Drink Factory Workers has low AI exposure, making it one of the more resilient occupations in the Australian workforce.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation21.0%
Augmentation54.0%
Key Tasks
- •Weighing, measuring, mixing, dissolving and boiling ingredients
- •Adding materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food and beverages
- •Operating heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant
- •Monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
- •Operating machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables
- •Cleaning equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintaining infestation control programs
- •Regulating speed of conveyors and crusher rollers, and adjusting tension of rollers to ensure total extraction of juice from sugar cane
- •Moving products from production lines into storage and shipping areas
- •Packaging and bottling products
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
44
Female Share
29.0%
Part-Time Share
18.0%
Skill Level
5 / 5
Lowest