Overview
This standard is about the skills needed for you to control filling in food manufacture in food and drink manufacture and/or supply operations
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Filling containers is important to the production of a wide range of food and drink products including alcoholic products, milk, soup and soft drinks. You will need to be able to prepare work area, equipment and resources needed to control filling in food and drink manufacture. You must also be able to follow organisational standard operating procedures, work within the limits of your responsibility and take action to address problems. Complying with and understanding health and safety, food safety, environmental and organisational requirements are essential features of this standard.
This standard is for you if you work in food and drink manufacture and/or supply operations and are involved in controlling filling.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
1. wear and use the correct personal protective equipment
2. source organisational equipment standard operating procedures
3. source the standard operating procedures detailing filling specification
4. check that the necessary work area, equipment and resources are available and fit for use
5. select the correct equipment and packaging requirements when controlling filling
6. control filling of food or drink product adhering to organisational standard operating procedures
7. work within the limits of your responsibility and take action to address problems
8. complete the necessary documentation and process to organisational requirements
9. make filled container available to next stage of processing or storage
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and
understand:
1. the regulatory and organisational requirements relating to control filling in food and drink manufacture
2. how to source organisational standard operating procedures
3. the importance of adhering to organisational standard operating procedures
4. what the personal protective equipment is when controlling filling in food and drink manufacture and how to use and wear it
5. how to source the tools, equipment and resources needed to control filling in food and drink manufacture
6. how to dispense product into packaging adhering to organisational standard operating procedures
7. how to work within the limits of your responsibility and take action to address problems
8. how to make filled product available for storage ready for further processing or packaging
9. how factory digitisation supports the production process
Relevant Occupations
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies, Plant and Machine Operatives, Process Operatives, Process, Plant and Machine Operatives
Keywords
food; manufacture; dispensers;