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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Competences — food safety inspector

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7d8b3c73-20f8-467e-91e4-00378673a2cd).

Essential

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

Optional

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