Jam Maker
OFO Code: 681403
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 681403
- Occupation
- Jam Maker
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 6814 · Fruit, Vegetable and Related Preservers
Official description
Fruit, vegetable and related preservers process or preserve fruit, nuts and related foods in various ways including cooking, drying, salting, or juice or oil extraction.
More official OFO detail
- Cooking, salting or drying fruit, vegetables and related foods
- Extracting juices from various fruits
- Mixing and adding ingredients such as pectin, sugar, spices and vinegar to assist preservation and enhance texture, appearance and flavour
- Extracting oils from oil-bearing seeds, nuts or fruits
- Transferring preserved foods to sterile jars, bottles or other containers
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned