Apprenticeship training course
Food industry technical professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Ensuring the safety and quality of food and drink products.
- Qualification level
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6
Equivalent to degree. - Typical duration
- 48 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Health and science
- Maximum funding
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£27,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- assistant food technical manager
- food scientist
- food technician
- hygiene manager
- product innovation and development technologist
- quality manager
- shift quality manager
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Lead, develop and implement the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system and team on site
- Interpret microbiological results; spot and analyse trends to diagnose or a nticipate issues; define and implement action plans
- Develop product specifications taking into account the key risk factors in product design; ensure customer pre-requisites are implemented and followed
- Manage, develop and implement internal audit schedule to ensure compliance with legal, industry and customer standards; keep abreast of new standards; credibly host third party audits
- Select the most appropriate tools and methodology to demonstrate compliance, food safety culture and delivery of consistent quality of products
- Establish cleaning and hygiene programmes and audit methodology; set up monitoring programmes; interpret data; identify different risk zoning in an operational area and the different hygiene requirements; manage internal and external cleaning contractors
- Manage complaint performance through the identification of trends and the design of corrective action programmes to improve credibility with customer
- Design and implement site procedures to ensure legal compliance with current food law; lead any investigation into legal contravention with the relevant enforcement authorities
- Establish process parameters and control requirements; measure the impact of process on product, set limits and take action to deal with process and product non-conformance
- Optimise and control parameters that influence common industry processes: washing, mixing, heating, cooking, cooling/chilling, freezing, drying, freeze drying
- Be able to liaise and co-ordinate with other functions to deliver New Product Development projects. When appropriate take the lead and drive the project
- Use project management tools to deliver projects to time, cost, specification and quality
- Coordinate investigations into and responses to non-conformances and participate in incident management teams; implement incident management procedure
- Review and select relevant scientific techniques taking into account cost and practicalities; experiment, collect and analyse data and formulate solutions
- Manage supplier intake controls; carry out supplier a udit & performance reviews and risk assessment; maintain approved supplier, contractor and vendor performance process
- Design and implement traceability system fully compliant with customer and legal requirements; monitor to verify validity of process
- Lead and develop a small technical team on site
- Develop and demonstrate critical evaluation/analysis of complex information and data
Full information on Food industry technical professional (integrated degree) (level 6) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.