3.9 KiB
3.9 KiB
Competences — food safety inspector
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7d8b3c73-20f8-467e-91e4-00378673a2cd).
Essential
- advocate for consumer matters in production plants (skill/competence)
- analyse samples of food and beverages (skill/competence)
- apply GMP (skill/competence)
- apply HACCP (skill/competence)
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages (skill/competence)
- assess HACCP implementation in plants (skill/competence)
- consider economic criteria in decision making (skill/competence)
- cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting (knowledge)
- cultural practices regarding animal slaughter (knowledge)
- ensure correct goods labelling (skill/competence)
- european food safety policy (knowledge)
- food and beverage industry (knowledge)
- food authentication techniques (knowledge)
- food fraud (knowledge)
- food legislation (knowledge)
- food safety principles (knowledge)
- food safety standards (knowledge)
- food toxicity (knowledge)
- foodborne diseases (knowledge)
- give instructions to staff (skill/competence)
- health, safety and hygiene legislation (knowledge)
- identify hazards in the workplace (skill/competence)
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage (skill/competence)
- keep up-to-date with regulations (skill/competence)
- laboratory-based sciences (knowledge)
- lead inspections (skill/competence)
- legislation about animal origin products (knowledge)
- maintain relationships with government agencies (skill/competence)
- maintain updated professional knowledge (skill/competence)
- manage communications with food industry governmental bodies (skill/competence)
- manage health and safety standards (skill/competence)
- manage the use of additives in food manufacturing (skill/competence)
- perform food safety checks (skill/competence)
- perform inspection analysis (skill/competence)
- perform quality audits (skill/competence)
- quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages (knowledge)
- set quality assurance objectives (skill/competence)
- work in cold environments (skill/competence)
- write routine reports (skill/competence)
Optional
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception (skill/competence)
- apply foreign language for international trade (skill/competence)
- assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products (skill/competence)
- assess quality characteristics of food products (skill/competence)
- be at ease in unsafe environments (skill/competence)
- check bottles for packaging (skill/competence)
- check quality of raw materials (skill/competence)
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages (skill/competence)
- develop food policy (skill/competence)
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing (skill/competence)
- food homogenisation (knowledge)
- food policy (knowledge)
- handle communications in the food processing industry (skill/competence)
- infections in food (knowledge)
- interpret data in food manufacturing (skill/competence)
- investigate customer complaints of food products (skill/competence)
- label samples (skill/competence)
- liaise with managers (skill/competence)
- manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations (skill/competence)
- work in a food processing team (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-12)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- food safety inspection — 41 %
- regulatory compliance — 28 %
- data analysis — 19 %