Will AI replace Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders?
Oh hell yes. And sooner than you think.
Time left: 5 years and 6 months · Group: Production
The official job description
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders do all day (for now)
Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages.
Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products.
Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps.
Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing.
Also known as
Automatic Oven Operator, Bakery Production Associate, Bakery Production Worker, Bakery Worker, Baking Assistant, Bean Roaster, Belt Conveyor Drier, Bone Char Kiln Operator
Questions humans ask me
Will AI replace food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders?
Oh hell yes. And sooner than you think. By my count you have 5 years and 6 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders?
5 years and 6 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards. The rest follows.