Malt master
Also called malter, malt expert, malting master
Malt masters evaluate and grade different malts on a sensory basis for brewing purposes. They assess the look, the smell, and the taste of raw materials and unfinished products in order to maintain the consistency of products. They use their knowledge to prepare mixtures as part of product development.
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
- Indoors
- A mix of sitting and standing
- Constant contact with people, mostly with colleagues
- Good freedom to decide
- Usually 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Very repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
Below averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,000 a month (Bulgaria) to €4,800 (Denmark), before tax.
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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 vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in food processing is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
LittleAI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.31 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
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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).