oil mill operator
Oil mill operators tend mills to extract oil from oilseed following artisanal techniques.
oil mill operator oil mill operators tend mills to extract oil from oilseed following artisanal techniques. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include origin of dietary fats and oils, components of oil seeds, oil seed process, disassemble equipment, crush seeds.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £28,243 a year for Food, drink and tobacco process operatives (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £24,471 to £33,889 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8111). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only oil mill operator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does oil mill operator do?
Oil mill operators tend mills to extract oil from oilseed following artisanal techniques.
What skills does oil mill operator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include origin of dietary fats and oils, components of oil seeds, oil seed process, disassemble equipment, crush seeds, filter edible oils. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace oil mill operator?
Our AI-durability model gives oil mill operator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.