Skills by Occupation

identify hazards in the workplace consider economic criteria in decision making perform food safety checks food safety principles foodborne diseases lead inspections identify the factors causing changes in food during storage food and beverage industry manage the use of additives in food manufacturing perform quality audits maintain updated professional knowledge perform inspection analysis write routine reports manage communications with food industry governmental bodies assess food samples health, safety and hygiene legislation apply HACCP quality assurance methodologies apply GMP food safety standards maintain relationships with government agencies food toxicity set quality assurance objectives advocate for consumer matters in production plants cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages work in cold environments assess HACCP implementation in plants apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages legislation about animal origin products ensure correct goods labelling cultural practices regarding animal slaughter analyse samples of food and beverages food legislation european food safety policy keep up-to-date with regulations manage health and safety standards give instructions to staff laboratory-based sciences

manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products investigate customer complaints work in a food processing team food policy interpret data in food manufacturing liaise with managers follow hygienic procedures during food processing check the quality of raw materials at reception food homogenisation analyse characteristics of food products at reception develop food policy handle communications in the food processing industry be at ease in unsafe environments assess quality characteristics of food products check bottles for packaging apply foreign language for international trade communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages label samples