Distillery worker jobs in Finland
Distillery workers operate industrial distillery equipment and machinery. They perform the maintenance and cleaning of the machinery, roll barrels, and stamp barrel heads.
Distillery worker – 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 worker - Which skills are essential?
Perform precise food processing operations with great attention and detail to all steps in the creation of a qualitative product.
Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.
Clean machinery used for food or beverage production processes. Prepare the appropriate solutions for cleaning. Prepare all parts and assure that they are clean enough to avoid deviation or errors in the production process.
Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Sterilise workspaces and equipment using hoses, scrapers, brushes, or chemical solutions.
Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
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.
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.
Master blending beverages as to create new beverage products that are attractive to the market, interesting to companies, and innovative in the market.
Stand high temperatures while keeping concentration and efficiency under demanding circumstances.
Distillery worker - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Tolerate strong smells expelled by the goods being processed during the production of goods.
Raw materials, such as grains, potatoes, sugars or fruit which can be fermented to produce a specific type of alcoholic spirits.
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.
Collaborate in a team with other food processing professionals in service of the food and beverages industry.
Liaise with managers of other departments ensuring effective service and communication, i.e. sales, planning, purchasing, trading, distribution and technical.
Raw materials and production processes for getting finished food products. Importance of quality control and other techniques for the food and beverage industry.
Label raw material/ product samples for laboratory checks, according to implemented quality system.