Distillery miller jobs in Finland
Distillery millers tend distillery mills in order to clean and grind whole grain for use in production of distilled liquors. They tend cleaning machines to remove impurities from grains followed by the grinding and weighing of grains. They perform daily maintenance on pumps, air-conveyor chutes and machines.
Distillery miller – 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 |
Distillery miller - Which skills are essential?
Keep workspaces and equipment free from dirt, infection, and disease by removing waste, trash and providing for appropriate cleaning.
Observe machine operations and evaluate product quality thereby ensuring conformity to standards.
Start automatic cleaning machine that blows as well as sifts foreign particles, like dirt, twigs, and also stones from whole grain conveys clean grain to storage tank for further processing.
Organise and classify records of prepared reports and correspondence related to the performed work and progress records of tasks.
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.
Milling process, which combines advanced and conventional wet and dry milling. Milling methods of grain for beverages ensure good husk conservation and optimal grinding of the endosperm, which provide numerous advantages for the brewing process and final products.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Monitor milled food products to make sure they comply with production requirements and quality standards.
Sterilise workspaces and equipment using hoses, scrapers, brushes, or chemical solutions.
Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
Milling and mills and their operation in theory and practice.
Prepare containers or drums for beverage distillation. Prepare equipment for the process of purification and removal of diluting components like water, for the purpose of increasing its proportion of alcohol content.
Take measures against fire. Liquor that contains 40% ABV will catch fire if heated to about 26 °C and if an ignition source is applied to it. The flash point of pure alcohol is 16.6 °C.
Ensure a clean working space according to hygienic standards in the food processing industry.
Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.
Operate the different parts of distilling equipment such as the pot, the distillation column, the lyne arm, the condenser, the distillate, and the aging barrels.
Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.
Managing the mashing process and understanding its influence on wort quality and character of the finished fermented beverage.
Details of milling operations related to grind size, particle size distribution, heat evolution. Milling processes for different cereals and grains.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Carry out checks of the machinery and equipment used in the production plant. Ensure that the machinery is working properly, set machines before usage, and assure continuous operability of the equipment.
Follow adequate procedures to place certain alcoholic beverages (e.g. wine, spirits, vermouth) in vats and age them for the required period. Use techniques to give them special characteristics.
Process of lautering, where the mash is separated into clear, liquid wort and residual grain. Lautering usually takes three steps: mashout, recirculation and sparging.
Inspect loads of unprocessed grain to detect harmful insects, like grain beetles.
Measure temperature (using e.g. thermometer) and specific gravity (using e.g. alcohol-proof hydrometer) and compare readings with tables from standard gauging manuals to determine proof of mixture.
Master blending beverages as to create new beverage products that are attractive to the market, interesting to companies, and innovative in the market.
Use air-conveyor chutes to transfer products or mixtures from containers to storage tanks.
Operate a grinding mill that grinds grains such as cereals, cocoa beans or coffee beans to obtain powders or pastes with different consistencies and grain sizes.
Distillery miller - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Proceed in a way that one can be relied on or depended on.
Perform precise food processing operations with great attention and detail to all steps in the creation of a qualitative product.
Raw materials, such as grains, potatoes, sugars or fruit which can be fermented to produce a specific type of alcoholic spirits.
Oil or grease the parts of the machines and equipment that need to be lubricated. Follow safety procedures to do so.
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 to adapt the most efficient production techniques to accomplish food processing tasks with the least amount of time, effort and costs.
Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.
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.
Raw materials and production processes for getting finished food products. Importance of quality control and other techniques for the food and beverage industry.
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.