WORKING IN NEW ZEALAND

Prepares ingredients and shapes and cooks confectionery.

SKILL LEVEL:

The entry requirement for this occupation is an AQF Certificate III or higher qualification.

TASKS INCLUDE:

• examines production schedules to determine confectionery types and quantities to be produced
• checks the cleanliness and operation of equipment
• weighs and mixes batches of ingredients
• controls temperature and pressure in boilers used to make boiled sweets
• cools, folds, coats, slices, moulds and wraps sweets by hand or machine
• operates equipment which makes chocolate from beans and refines and tempers chocolate
• operates coating and moulding machines