Coffee roaster jobs in Finland
Coffee roasters control gas fired roasters to dry coffee beans. They dump coffee beans into roasting ovens and once roasted, they compare colour of roasting beans against specifications. They perform cooling of the beans by operating mechanical blowers.
Coffee roaster – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 16.88 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 12.74 €/h |
| Top tenth | 23.48 €/h |
| Employees | 14,875 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 16.31 €/h | 6,974 |
| Men | 17.42 €/h | 7,901 |
Coffee roaster - Which skills are essential?
Tolerate strong smells expelled by the goods being processed during the production of goods.
Apply heat treatment aimed at preparing and preserving half-finished or finished food products.
Employ different methods to roast cocoa beans, such as oven roasting, air roasting, drum roasting, coffee roaster, and hot air gun. Use the different methods according to the production requirements, type of cocoa beans, and desired chocolate product.
Check processing parameters to keep under control the technological processes.
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Observe temperature and heat oven to the specified temperature. Operate roasting pans and facilitate the roasting process with instruments that prevent grain from sticking to the pans.
Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.
Monitor the roasting of coffee beans and grains for proper degree of roasting to produce the desired flavours and colours.
Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Monitor and control required temperatures in the different phases of production until the product reaches suitable properties according to specifications.
Work with a weighing machine to measure raw, half-finished and finished products.
Managing a product specific and energy efficient kiln ventilation.
Maintaining industrial ovens in order to ensure effective and correct operation.
Managing flammable substances to roasting operations and ensuring that safety measures are in place.
Stand high temperatures while keeping concentration and efficiency under demanding circumstances.
Coffee roaster - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Proceed in a way that one can be relied on or depended on.
Identify differences between colours, such as shades of colour.
Work individually as an important element in service of a food production process. This function is executed individually with little or no supervision or collaboration with colleagues.
Perform cleaning duties such as waste removal, vacuuming, emptying bins, and general cleaning of the working area. Cleaning activities should follow health and safety regulations if required.
Perform chemical experiments with the aim of testing various products and substances in order to draw conclusions in terms of product viability and replicability.
Liaise with fellow colleagues to ensure common understanding on work related affairs and agree on the necessary compromises the parties might need to face. Negotiate compromises between parties as to ensure that work in general run efficiently towards the achievement of the objectives.
Ensure a clean working space according to hygienic standards in the food processing industry.
Chemical aspects and constitution of sugar to alter recipes and provide customers with experiences of pleasure.
The processes by which fruit and vegetables are dehydrated including techniques such as sun drying, indoor drying, and industrial applications for drying food. The dehydration process goes from selection of the fruit and vegetables according to their size, washing the fruit, classifying according to the product, storage, and mixing with ingredients resulting in a final product.
Liaise with managers of other departments ensuring effective service and communication, i.e. sales, planning, purchasing, trading, distribution and technical.
Ensure the quality of all factors involved in a food production process.
Make sure to comply with environmental legislation in food production. Understand the legislation related to environmental matters in food manufacturing and apply it in practice.
Label raw material/ product samples for laboratory checks, according to implemented quality system.