Fruit, vegetable and related preservers process or preserve fruit, nuts and related foods in various ways including cooking, drying, salting, or juice or oil extraction.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
Job Responsibilities
- Extracting juices from various fruits
- Extracting oils from oil-bearing seeds, nuts or fruits
- Cooking, salting or drying fruit, vegetables and related foods
- Mixing and adding ingredients such as pectin, sugar, spices and vinegar to assist preservation and enhance texture, appearance and flavour
- Transferring preserved foods to sterile jars, bottles or other containers
