food grader
Code 7515.3
Food graders inspect, sort and grade food products. They grade food products according to sensory criteria or with the help of machinery. They determine the product's use by grading them into the appropriate classes and discarding damaged or expired foods. Food graders measure and weigh the products and report their findings so the food can be further processed.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- food storage
- food science
- food preservation
- food and beverage industry
- food product ingredients
- food legislation
- legislation about animal origin products
- food materials
- food safety standards
- food safety principles
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- functional properties of foods
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
Skills and competences
- Utilizar sistemas de clasificación estandarizados
- store raw food materials
- analizar las características nutricionales de los alimentos
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- ensure correct goods labelling
- grade foods
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- prepare visual data
- perform food risk analysis
- perform food safety checks
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
Transversal competences
- assess quality characteristics of food products
- manage time in food processing operations
- work in a food processing team
- quality assurance methodologies
- perform quality audits
- work independently in service of a food production process
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences