94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing

What this occupation covers

Testers and graders in food and beverage processing test or grade ingredients and finished food or beverage products to ensure conformance to company standards. They are employed in fruit and vegetable processing plants, dairies, flour mills, bakeries, sugar refineries, fish plants, meat plants, breweries and other food and beverage processing plants.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Take samples of products at various stages of processing
• Examine ingredients or finished products by sight, touch, taste and smell or weigh materials to ensure conformance to company standards
• Conduct routine tests for product specifications such as colour, alcohol content, carbonation, moisture content, temperature, fat content and packaging
• Grade or sort raw materials or finished products
• Ensure hygiene and sanitation practices conform to policies and regulations
• Advise supervisors of ingredient or product deficiencies.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 6 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 22111 Agricultural and fish products inspectors
• 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians
• 92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing

Excluded from this code

• Agricultural and fish products inspectors (See 22111 Agricultural and fish products inspectors)
• Food processing quality control technician (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Food processing quality control technologist (See 22100 Chemical technologists and technicians)
• Supervisors, food and beverage processing (See 92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

bacon grader · beef grader · beer bottling line quality control tester · beer tester · beverage and bottle inspector · beverage inspector · bread tester · brewery tester - food and beverage processing · butter grader · butterfat tester · can inspector - food and beverage processing · candy inspector · canned and bottled foods inspector · capon grader - food and beverage processing · casing grader - food and beverage processing · cheese grader · cigar grader · cigarette grader · cigarette tester · cookie and cracker tester · cream grader · dairy cream tester · dairy grader - food and beverage processing · dairy moisture tester

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Experience as a machine operator or labourer in the food or beverage processing industry may be required.
• On-the-job training is usually provided.