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Job Details

Cheese Maker

Employer

Rock Ridge Dairy Ltd

Date Posted

March 11, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Ponoka, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Mar 25, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Rock Ridge Dairy Ltd

Languages

English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • Dairy science
  • Food science
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Cheese makers
  • Willing to relocate
  • Food processing plant
  • Non-alcoholic beverage processing plant
  • Dairy

Tasks

  • Operate machinery to process and bag, box or otherwise package food products
  • Perform corrective machine adjustments
  • Operate machinery to process and bottle, can or otherwise package alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages
  • Record production information
  • Observe gauges, computer printouts and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions
  • Clean machines and immediate work areas
  • Inform supervisor of mechanical malfunctions or product irregularities
  • Make adjustments to process variables
  • Maintain shift log of production and other data
  • Set up and adjust processing and packaging machines
  • Check products for defects and to ensure conformance to company standards

Type of operation

  • Grinding
  • Mixing
  • Blending
  • Freezing
  • Cooling
  • Bottling
  • Fermenting
  • Packaging

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Multi-functional process control machinery
  • Single function machine

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Fast-paced environment

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Resourcefulness

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Other benefits

  • On-site housing options
  • Parking available
  • Variable or compressed work week

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Cheese Maker is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Machine Operators, Food and Beverage Processing
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating processing and packaging machines and equipment

METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to make sure products conform to company standards; and in recording production data such as quantities, weights, sizes, dates and types of packaged products

innovative

Interest in setting up and adjusting processing and packaging machines

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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