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Competences — food safety specialist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/00ab5610-e715-428f-99f6-b1e5e469dbcd).
Essential
- control food safety regulations (skill/competence)
- develop food safety programmes (skill/competence)
- evaluate retail food inspection findings (skill/competence)
- food authentication techniques (knowledge)
- food fraud (knowledge)
- food legislation (knowledge)
- food preservation (knowledge)
- food storage (knowledge)
- infections in food (knowledge)
- investigate complaints related to consumer protection (skill/competence)
- keep task records (skill/competence)
- maintain personal hygiene standards (skill/competence)
- monitor packaging operations (skill/competence)
- plan inspections for prevention of sanitation violations (skill/competence)
- prepare reports on sanitation (skill/competence)
- take action on food safety violations (skill/competence)
- train employees (skill/competence)
Optional
- analyse samples of food and beverages (skill/competence)
- audit food safety procedures (skill/competence)
- cold chain (knowledge)
- develop food policy (skill/competence)
- ensure correct goods labelling (skill/competence)
- food homogenisation (knowledge)
- food policy (knowledge)
- general principles of food law (knowledge)
- management systems standards (knowledge)
- monitor sugar uniformity (skill/competence)
- use instruments for food measurement (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 33 ads, as of 2026-07-12)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- regulatory compliance — 48 %
- food safety management — 39 %
- quality assurance — 33 %
- risk assessment — 21 %
- root cause analysis — 21 %
- auditing — 18 %
- data analysis — 18 %
Methods
- HACCP — 36 %
- SQF — 18 %