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Farm milk controller

Also called farm milk monitor, farm milk analyst, dairy milk analyst

Farm milk controllers are responsible for measuring and analysing the production and quality of the milk and providing advise accordingly.

Will there be jobs?Limited prospects15 jobs to fill by 2035 for every 100 people doing this work today.Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workersWhat does it pay?Below averageFrom about €1,000 (Bulgaria) to €4,800 (Denmark) a month, depending on the country.Estimate · Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workersWhat do I need to study?Upper secondary or vocational6 in 10 finished upper secondary or vocational training. 6 in 10 train through vocational routes.Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workersWill AI change it?LittleLevel 2 of 6. AI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.Food and beverage tasters and graders · ILO

What you'd do

Food and beverage tasters and graders · ILO
  • Inspecting, testing, tasting and smelling agricultural products, food and beverages at various stages of processing
  • Determining quality, acceptability to consumer tastes and approximate value of products, and grading them into appropriate classes
  • Discarding inferior products
  • Recording the grade and/or identification numbers on tags, receiving, or sales sheets
  • Weighing and measuring products
Analyse milk control test resultsPrepare milk samplesPerform milk control testsAdvise on livestock productivityAnalyse samples of food and beverages+ 4 more essential skills
What the work is like
  • Indoors
  • On your feet most of the day
  • Lots of contact with people, mostly with colleagues
  • Little freedom to decide
  • Often more than 40 hours a week
  • Deadlines most weeks
  • Varied tasks, little repetition
US data: based on the O*NET profile of the similar US job "Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products"

Will there be jobs?

Limited prospects

Fewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.

People working as food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers in the EU
4.07m3.96m3.58m 201520232035

Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.

Jobs to fill, 2026–2035
910,000 replacing leavers 332,000 jobs disappear
Jobs to fill per 100 people working now
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers15
All jobs29
Right now
3 of 27 countries report a shortage of food and beverage tasters and graders, 3 a surplus.
Food and beverage tasters and graders · EURES

What does it pay?

Below average

Pay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,000 a month (Bulgaria) to €4,800 (Denmark), before tax.

Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.

Among craft and related trades workers in the EU, women earn 26% less per hour than men. Craft and related trades workers · Eurostat

What do I need to study?

Upper secondary or vocational

Upper secondary or vocational training in crop and livestock production is the usual route.

Highest qualification of food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers (EU, 2025)
Degree 11%Vocational 53%General secondary 10%Basic schooling 26%
Field that teaches it
Crop and livestock production
Vocational route, EU
6 in 10 trainees in this field

Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.

Will AI change it?

Little

AI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.

How exposed is this job? ILO scale
Very low
Low
Some tasks
Moderate
Significant
High

Average task score 0.31 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).

See the score for each of the 5 tasks
Recording the grade and/or identification numbers on tags, receiving, or sales sheets0.55
Determining quality, acceptability to consumer tastes and approximate value of products, and grading them into appropriate classes0.37
Discarding inferior products0.25
Inspecting, testing, tasting and smelling agricultural products, food and beverages at various stages of processing0.20
Weighing and measuring products0.17

Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for food and beverage tasters and graders. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).