food production engineer
ISCO: 2141. Skills: 33. Essential: 20.
Essential skills
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- configure plants for food industry
- develop food production processes
- disaggregate the production plan
- disassemble equipment
- electrical engineering
- electronics
- food authentication techniques
- food fraud
- food storage
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- manage all process engineering activities
- manage corrective actions
- mitigate waste of resources
- monitor equipment condition
- quality assurance methodologies
Supporting skills
- analyse work-related written reports
- assess HACCP implementation in plants
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- ensure full functioning of food plant machinery
- food and beverage industry
- food homogenisation
- food plant design
- food preservation
- food safety standards
- lead process optimisation
- perform quality audits
- write work-related reports