food safety inspector
ISCO: 3257. Skills: 60. Essential: 40.
Essential skills
- advocate for consumer matters in production plants
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assess HACCP implementation in plants
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting
- cultural practices regarding animal slaughter
- ensure correct goods labelling
- european food safety policy
- food and beverage industry
- food authentication techniques
- food fraud
- food legislation
- food safety principles
- food safety standards
- food toxicity
- foodborne diseases
- give instructions to staff
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- identify hazards in the workplace
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- laboratory-based sciences
- lead inspections
- legislation about animal origin products
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- maintain updated professional knowledge
- manage communications with food industry governmental bodies
- manage health and safety standards
- manage the use of additives in food manufacturing
- perform food safety checks
- perform inspection analysis
- perform quality audits
- quality assurance methodologies
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
- set quality assurance objectives
- work in cold environments
- write routine reports
Supporting skills
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- apply foreign language for international trade
- assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products
- assess quality characteristics of food products
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- check bottles for packaging
- check quality of raw materials
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- develop food policy
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food homogenisation
- food policy
- handle communications in the food processing industry
- infections in food
- interpret data in food manufacturing
- investigate customer complaints of food products
- label samples
- liaise with managers
- manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations
- work in a food processing team