Also called: Head Miller, Mill Operator (Flour), Grain Miller
Runs the rollers, sifters and purifiers that turn wheat and corn into flour, cornmeal and animal feed.
You walk a mill with five floors of humming roller mills and sifters, rubbing flour between your fingers to judge it. You adjust roll gaps and blend wheat from different farms to hit the protein a bakery ordered. Head millers learn their craft over many years.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. High school plus on-the-job training; some attend a milling science program (Kansas State has one).
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, 4-year college. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Milling Science & Management, Grain Science.
Growing slowly. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. Mills are highly automated and remotely monitored; skilled millers still adjust rolls, test flour and fix problems.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at flour and feed mills or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Chemistry, Agriculture class, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9021.
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