Vocational Programs for Food Batchmakers Career

The role of Food Batchmakers is to set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $40,890 and $20 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Batchmakers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 169,190 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Batchmakers Career

The following 2 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Food Batchmakers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Food Batchmakers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Brewing Science	14	$45,191	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	$17,048	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Food Batchmakers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Food Batchmakers.

Related Occupations toFood Batchmakers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Science Technicians	15,190	$54,000	$26
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	6,650	$37,570	$18
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	106K	$47,950	$23
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	14,820	$47,540	$23
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	12,510	$44,400	$21
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	6,500	$44,840	$22
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Food Batchmakers

The following 18 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Food Batchmakers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.