Food Science Technicians

Does not pass

• Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics.

  physical work, outside the screen · 11.2% of the role's time · $80.5M

• Monitor and control temperature of products.

  physical work, outside the screen · 9.2% of the role's time · $65.9M

• Conduct standardized tests on food, beverages, additives, or preservatives to ensure compliance with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, texture, or nutrients.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.4% of the role's time · $60.1M

• Measure, test, or weigh bottles, cans, or other containers to ensure that hardness, strength, or dimensions meet specifications.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.1% of the role's time · $57.8M

• Record or compile test results or prepare graphs, charts, or reports.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.4% of the role's time · $45.8M · passed by Gemini 3.1 Pro · the models disagreed · waiting on a check

• Provide assistance to food scientists or technologists in research and development, production technology, or quality control.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.3% of the role's time · $45.0M

• Supervise other food science technicians.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.2% of the role's time · $44.2M

• Examine chemical or biological samples to identify cell structures or to locate bacteria or extraneous material, using a microscope.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.4% of the role's time · $38.7M

• Perform regular maintenance of laboratory equipment by inspecting, calibrating, cleaning, or sterilizing.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.8% of the role's time · $34.6M

• Compute moisture or salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors, using mathematical and chemical procedures.

  reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.3% of the role's time · $31.2M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Prepare or incubate slides with cell cultures.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.8% of the role's time · $27.1M

• Mix, blend, or cultivate ingredients to make reagents or to manufacture food or beverage products.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.0% of the role's time · $21.3M

• Order supplies needed to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food or beverage processing plants.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 2.9% of the role's time · $20.7M

• Train newly hired laboratory personnel.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.4% of the role's time · $10.2M