Occupation Atlasfood safety inspector
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7d8b3c73-20f8-467e-91e4-00378673a2cd
food safety inspector
Food safety inspectors carry out inspections in food processing environments from a food safety standpoint. They are part of official control bodies who check and control food products and processes to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing safety and health.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.35
- C Conventional5.17
- I Investigative4.04
- E Enterprising3.12
- S Social1.89
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Agricultural Inspectors (45-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (40)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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
Optional (20)
- 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
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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