Maintain hygiene in glass manufacturing and processing
URN: GQAGP16
Business Sectors (Suites): Glass Processing
Developed by: GQA
Approved on:
2020
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to maintain hygiene requirements. It covers the monitoring of work practices and the identification of hygiene problems. Many glass products have food, drink or medical applications and these products must satisfy stringent hygiene requirements.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- comply with health and safety requirements and procedures at all times
- identify factors affecting hygiene in the workplace
- confirm own work practices comply with legal hygiene requirements
- identify any problems in achieving the required hygiene work practices and inform appropriate people
- maintain own work area and equipment in a clean and hygienic condition
- maintain own personal hygiene to company standards
- identify any indications of potential hygiene problems
- take suitable actions where contamination of materials has occurred
- record information on hygiene in the appropriate information systems
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- relevant health and safety responsibilities and obligations
- relevant health and safety procedures that need to be followed
- relevant hygiene requirements
- type of hygiene problems that could occur and standard operating procedures for dealing with these
- consequences of not applying hygiene requirements
- who should be informed of hygiene problems
- how to maintain hygiene of different work areas and equipment
- what action should be taken when contamination has been identified
- factors that affect hygiene in the working environment
- hygiene critical control points in the process
- information systems used
- why it is important to use information systems
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
2
Indicative Review Date
2025
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Proskills
Original URN
PROGP16
Relevant Occupations
Glass and Ceramic Maker Decorator Finisher
SOC Code
5441
Keywords
Glass Processing; decorator; unit maker; operator; packing; blower; cutter; painter; processor; cold end; craft; laminated; screen; warehousing