Vocational Programs for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
30K	$19.12	$39,770

The role of Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders is to operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products. The average annual wage of the occupations is $39,770 and $19 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders career. Based on BLS data, a total of 29,730 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders Career

The following 2 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders.

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 Completion Information for Preparing Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Brewing Science	14	-	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

The following 15 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.