Jordyn from Onehunga High School likes to learn new things so investigating the role of a production worker in the bottling industry at Frucor is a great opportunity for her. Production workers in the food and beverage industry prepare ingredients, operate machinery and bottle or package products.
At Frucor in Manukau, Jordyn follows through the process of firstly preparing and creating the drink to be packaged and then observing how it's canned and readied for distribution. It's not long before she's weighing ingredients and putting them into the large mixing tank. Luckily, when she's told the many packages of ingredients need to be added, she's given a helping hand.
As the day progresses, Jordyn learns about the filling room where 400 cans every minute are filled, the quality control on both product and cans and takes a taste test. Taste testing is part of the training and Jordyn's taste buds are certainly finely tuned when she picks up the new batch tastes slightly different to the sample product.
Once the quality is assured, it's time for the robots to take over and complete the packaging process. For Jordyn there has been plenty to learn and being motivated is certainly an important aspect of being successful in this career.
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