Master Coffee Roaster Food, Wood & Garment Trades Workers

The origins and types of coffee and the processes of coffee preparation, production and trade.

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Most known coffee types, Arabica and Robusta, and the cultivars under each one of those types.

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The known levels are coarse grind, medium grind, medium/fine grind, fine grind, super fine grind, and turkish grind. Indication of machinery to achieve product specification.

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Different colour codes and ranges, usually depicted in colour charts, to define their roast color levels.

Craft and science of roasting coffee.

Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).

Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.

Combine innovative and creative ideas to come up with new recipes and preparations to extend the product of range of a company. Make modifications to recipes in order to enhance …

Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.

Evaluate and identify opportunities to use resources more efficiently with continuously striving to reduce waste of utilities.

Apply heat treatment aimed at preparing and preserving half-finished or finished food products.

Evaluate the quality of a given type of food or beverage based on its appearance, smell, taste, aroma, and others. Suggest possible improvements and comparisons with other 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, …

Analyse and evaluate coffee taste sensations including the coffee's body, aroma, acidity, bitterness, sweetness, and finish.

Examine green coffee beans ensuring that they are all approximately the same colour, shape and size. Beans of the same size will roast more evenly, whereas smaller beans may roast …

Grade coffee beans based on their characteristics, defects, size, colour, moisture content, taste, acidity, body, or aroma.

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.

Use different coffee grinding procedures and preparation methods.

Monitor the roasting of coffee beans and grains for proper degree of roasting to produce the desired flavours and colours.

Make hot drinks by brewing coffee and tea and adequately preparing other hot beverages.

The respective industry and the processes involved in the food and beverage industry, such as raw material selection, processing, packaging, and storage.

Details of milling operations related to grind size, particle size distribution, heat evolution. Milling processes for different cereals and grains.

Assess quality characteristics of food products in terms of the main properties (e.g. physical, sensorial, chemical, technological, etc.) for raw materials, half-finished products, as well as finish products.

Monitoring and maintaining effective cost controls, in regards to efficiencies, waste, overtime and staffing. Assessing excesses and strives for efficiency and productivity.

Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.

Analyse the composition of the markets, segment these into groups, and highlight the opportunities that each one of these niches represent in terms of new products.

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 …

Liaise with managers of other departments ensuring effective service and communication, i.e. sales, planning, purchasing, trading, distribution and technical.

Managing a product specific and energy efficient kiln ventilation.

Demonstrate degrees of maturity by fully understanding one's own qualities and abilities which can serve as sources of confidence in different situations.

Communicate in foreign languages to facilitate international trade operations such as the importation of food and beverages.

Instruct customers about origins, characteristics, differences in flavours and blends of coffee products.

Perform coffee tastings and coffee demonstrations whether for improving the product in the production process or for showcasing the final product. Taste coffee to objectively evaluate its quality.