food technician
ISCO: 3119. Skills: 80. Essential: 32.
Essential skills
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- circular economy
- clean food and beverage machinery
- energy efficiency
- ensure public safety and security
- food and beverage industry
- food ethics
- food preservation
- food product ingredients
- food waste monitoring systems
- functional properties of foods
- handle delivery of raw materials
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- listen actively
- manage all process engineering activities
- manage packaging material
- molecular gastronomy
- monitor freezing processes
- monitor ingredient storage
- monitor the production line
- pathogenic microorganisms in food
- prepare visual data
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- promote ethical eating
- quality assurance methodologies
- schedule regular machine maintenance
- set up equipment for food production
- write work-related reports
Supporting skills
- adjust production schedule
- administer ingredients in food production
- analyse packaging requirements
- analyse production processes for improvement
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply control process statistical methods
- apply food technology principles
- assess the life cycle of resources
- assist in the development of standard operating procedures in the food chain
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- cleaning of reusable packaging
- combination of flavours
- combination of textures
- develop new food products
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- ensure finished product meet requirements
- ensure full functioning of food plant machinery
- evaluate ingredient documentation from suppliers
- fermentation processes of beverages
- fermentation processes of food
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow-up lab results
- food canning production line
- food legislation
- food materials
- food safety principles
- investigate customer complaints of food products
- keep inventory of goods in production
- laboratory-based sciences
- legislation about animal origin products
- manage corrective actions
- manage resources in food manufacturing
- mitigate waste of resources
- monitor coating specifications
- monitor developments used for food industry
- monitor processing conditions
- operate automated process control
- participate in the development of new food products
- perform food risk analysis
- perform quality audits
- plan shifts of employees
- read engineering drawings
- select adequate packaging for food products
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
- waste management