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Contribute to sustainable practice in a food environment

URN: IMPSF119
Business Sectors (Suites): Sustainable Food Production
Developed by: Improve
Approved on: 31 Dec 2021

Overview

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This standard covers the skills and knowledge needed to work in a sustainable way in food and drink  manufacture or supply. You will need to work effectively to ensure the efficient use of resources and to minimise waste. In addition, you need to assess your own performance and identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency.

This standard is for you, if you work in a food environment.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

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  1. assess own performance to identify possible efficiency improvements
  2. report any opportunities to improve efficiency of resource usage
  3. report variations in resource usage and any actions you have taken in response
  4. implement actions to improve efficiency of resource usage
  5. minimise waste

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

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  1. what is meant by sustainable food and drink manufacture
  2. why it is important to work to organisational production specifications
  3. how to assess your own performance for opportunities to improve efficiency
  4. the importance of reporting incidences of inefficient resource usage
  5. how not working to organisational production specifications can impact on resource usage and sustainability
  6. energy as a resource and opportunities available for reducing energy usage
  7. how efficient energy usage supports sustainable food and drink manufacture
  8. water as a resource and the opportunities available for reducing water usage
  9. how the efficient use of water supports sustainable food and drink manufacture
  10. how minimising waste supports sustainable food and drink manufacture
  11. transport as a resource and the opportunities available for reducing transport usage
  12. how efficient use of transport as a resource supports sustainable food and drink manufacture
  13. how efficient use of resources supports the economic sustainability of the organisation
  14. social benefits of sustainable food and drink manufacturing
  15. your own responsibilities relevant to sustainable food and drink manufacture

Scope/range

Scope Performance

Scope Knowledge

Values

Behaviours

Skills

Glossary

Links To Other NOS

External Links

Version Number

3

Indicative Review Date

31 Jan 2025

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

NSAFD

Original URN

IMPSF119

Relevant Occupations

Food Production Operatives, Manufacturing Technologies, Plant and Machine Operatives, Process Operatives, Process, Plant and Machine Operatives

SOC Code

8111

Keywords

Food; manufacture; sustainable; environmental; production; waste; energy; water; transport; efficiency; drink