01What it is
These are the units City and Guilds of London Institute registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with City and Guilds of London Institute. It does the teaching and the mapping. City and Guilds of London Institute sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
02The units
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Assess operations for effectiveness and compliance with food safety standards in operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out audit operations
- Comply with food safety management procedures
Communicate a vision and policy for achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a communication plan for the vision and policy
- Direct the communication of vision and policy for achieving excellence
- Obtain and provide feedback on directing communication of vision and policy
Develop a strategy to achieve sustainability in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish current level of sustainability
- Establish strategy to support the achievement of sustainability
- Monitor corrective actions and complete documentation
Develop an achieving excellence culture in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Scope the organisation’s values and assumptions and plan development
- Develop a culture to support achieving excellence
- Implement culture improvements to support achieving excellence
- Evaluate culture improvement progress to support achieving excellence
Develop an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish improvement opportunities
- Establish an achieving excellence strategy
- Support the implementation of achieving excellence
Develop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibility Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Align objectives of own area of responsibility with those of own organisation.
- Implement operational plans in own area of responsibility.
- Monitor and evaluate operational plans in own area of responsibility..
Develop and manage relationships with external organisations in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Work well with colleagues
- Exchange information
- Respond and act without delay
Develop, implement and evaluate quality assurance systems in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop quality assurance systems
- Implement quality assurance systems
- Monitor the operation of quality assurance systems to assess the effectiveness of implementation
Direct the implementation of an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for directing change and improvement
- Direct change and improvement
- Obtain and provide feedback on directing change and improvement
Encourage innovation in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop an innovation policy for achieving excellence
- Encourage and support innovation for achieving excellence
- Obtain and provide feedback on innovation policy to support achieving excellence
Ensure compliance to support achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Ensure compliance with organisational requirements
- Deal effectively with non-compliance
- Report failures to meet requirements to relevant person
Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor the operational compliance of procedures in meeting legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements.
- Identify and make recommendations on areas of non-compliance with procedures for legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements relating to own area of responsibility.
Evaluate and improve quality assurance systems in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate quality assurance systems
- Agree objectives for a quality systems improvement plan
- Implement and evaluate a quality systems improvement programme
Lead organisational change to sustain excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish an improvement programme
- Allocate roles and responsibilities
- Lead an improvement programme
- Obtain and provide feedback on leading change and improvement
Lead the analysis of current performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain procedures for analysing current performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Lead the analysis of current performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Obtain and provide feedback on the analysis of current performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Lead the control of performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain procedures for controlling organisational performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Lead the evaluation and control of process performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Obtain and provide feedback on the evaluation and control of performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Lead the identification of priorities in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain procedures for identifying and defining improvement opportunities in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Lead the identification and definition of improvement opportunities in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Obtain and provide feedback on identifying and defining improvement priorities to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Lead the improvement of performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain procedures for improving organisational performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Lead the implementation priorities for improvement and analysis of process performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Obtain and provide feedback on improving current performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Lead the quantification of current performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain procedures for quantifying current performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Lead the quantification of current performance in food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Obtain and provide feedback on the quantification of current performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Manage risk to control achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a risk management policy for achieving excellence
- Establish and maintain the risk management policy for achieving excellence
- Obtain and provide feedback on managing risk to support achieving excellence
Principles of achieving an excellence culture in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concept of organisational culture
- Understand cultural factors, methods and requirements
- Understand how to set policies and types of organisational culture
Principles of achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand how food manufacturing excellence (FME) can be achieved
- Understand the business outputs and benefits of food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of improvement to an excellence strategy
- Understand the main components of an excellence strategy
- Understand how a strategy should address key improvement issues within the business
Principles of analysing current organisational performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to analyse current organisational performance and how it contributes to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of analysing current organisational performance of food processing/supply capability
- Understand the application of analysing current organisational performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of change project management in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit covers the principles of managing change projects within food operations. You'll understand how to plan a change management project, form and develop project teams, and apply information and problem-solving techniques, including stakeholder analysis and the use of project initiation documents.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the planning processes involved in a change management project.
- Understand how to form and develop a project team for a change management project.
- Understand how information is managed and problems are solved within a change management project.
Principles of controlling organisational performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to control organisational performance and how it contributes to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of controlling organisational performance of food processing/supply capability
- Understand the application of controlling organisational performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of defining improvement opportunities in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to define improvement opportunities and how they contribute to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of defining improvement opportunities in food processing/supply capability
- Understand the application of defining improvement opportunities to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of efficient transport usage in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of efficient transport usage
- Understand the factors influencing the setting of transport efficiency targets
- Understand the factors influencing support for transport efficiency
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of transport efficiency
- Understand the factors necessary to assess the effectiveness of transport efficiency initiatives
Principles of efficient water usage in a food environment Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of efficient water usage
- Understand the organisation’s water cycle
- Understand the factors influencing the setting of water efficiency targets
- Understand the factors influencing support for water efficiency
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of water efficiency
- Understand the factors necessary to assess the effectiveness of energy efficiency initiatives
Principles of energy efficiency in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of energy efficiency
- Understand the factors influencing the setting of energy efficiency targets
- Understand the factors influencing support for energy efficiency
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of energy efficiency
- Understand the factors necessary to assess the effectiveness of energy efficiency initiatives
Principles of food policy and regulation Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to describe food policy and regulation
- Understand how to develop food policy and procedures
- Monitor food policies
Principles of improving organisational performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to improve organisational performance and how it contributes to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of improving organisational performance of food processing/supply capability
- Understand the application of improving organisational performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of measuring organisational performance in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to measure organisational performance and how it contributes to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of measuring organisational performance of food processing/supply capability
- Understand the application of measuring organisational performance to support food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of quality improvement methodologies in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand quality improvement methodologies and how they contribute to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of Six Sigma within food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) within food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of Kaizen within food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of quality improvement tools and techniques in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how quality improvement tools and techniques contribute to food manufacturing excellence (FME)
- Understand the principles of quality improvement tools and techniques
- Understand the application of quality improvement tools and techniques within food manufacturing excellence (FME)
Principles of using Information Communication Technology _ICT_ and Management Information Systems _MIS_ in food technology Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand ICT and MIS systems used within food and drink businesses
- Understand how ICT and MIS systems are used within food and drink businesses
Principles of waste minimisation in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of waste minimisation
- Understand the factors influencing the setting of waste minimisation targets
- Understand the factors influencing support for waste minimisation
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of waste minimisation
- Understand the factors necessary to assess the effectiveness of waste minimisation initiatives
Report on compliance with food safety requirements in operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate internal audits of the food safety management system
- Produce timescales for action
- Present internal audit reports
Secure commitment to an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Produce plans for securing commitment to the strategy
- Secure commitment to the strategy
- Obtain and provide feedback on securing commitment to the strategy
Understand how to communicate a vision and policy for achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the strategy, communication guidance and methods for achieving excellence
- Understand how to plan and manage risk in the strategy
- Understand the critical activities, barriers and expectations of the strategy
- Understand how to review, evaluate and collate feedback on the strategy
Understand how to develop an achieving excellence culture in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to develop cultural vision for achieving excellence
- Understand the issues which affect organisational culture in the strategy
- Understand how to address the development of culture for achieving excellence
Understand how to develop an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to initiate the strategy
- Understand how to manipulate the influences and barriers to the strategy
- Understand how to manipulate improvement techniques and resources within the strategy
- Understand how to manipulate performance and benefits of the strategy
Understand how to develop and manage relationships with external organisations in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Manage relationships
- Know what the requirements are for developing and managing relationships
- Know what the legal requirements are for food manufacturing
Understand how to direct the implementation of an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to initiate implementation of the strategy
- Understand how to plan and manage risk in implementation of the strategy
- Understand how to deal with critical activities and resource to support implementation of the strategy
- Understand how to communicate and evaluate implementation of the strategy
Understand how to encourage innovation in achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the strategy, benefits and levels of innovation for achieving excellence
- Understand how to develop an innovation strategy and the obstacles to innovation
- Understand the creative and innovative process and how to provide feedback
- Understand how to protect and evaluate innovation, and deal with resources and systems
Understand how to ensure compliance to support achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the strategy, values and culture for achieving excellence
- Understand regulatory and social concerns in the strategy
- Understand policies, procedures and non-compliance within the strategy
Understand how to lead organisational change to sustain excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand leadership, target setting and motivation of staff
- Understand how to plan improvement
- Understand the food operation
Understand how to manage risk to control achieving excellence in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the strategy and how to manage risk for achieving excellence
- Understand how to develop and revise the risk management policy and systems
- Understand how to identify risk
- Understand how to evaluate information, deal with culture, development and resources
Understand how to report on compliance with food safety requirements in operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about records and reports relating to internal audits
- Know about regulations relating to food safety standards
- Know about the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the audit process
Understand how to secure commitment to an achieving excellence strategy in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to initiate commitment to the strategy
- Understand how to plan and manage risk in securing commitment to the strategy
- Understand how to apply skills and resource to support commitment to the strategy
- Understand how to communicate and evaluate commitment to the strategy
Understand quality assurance systems in food operations Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate trends and developments within quality assurance
- Evaluate best practice for communicating quality issues
- Evaluate the implementation of a quality assurance programme
- Evaluate the successes or failures within a quality assurance system
03The standards
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
06_Encourage problem solving and innovation in a biomanufacturing team
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Assess operations for effectiveness and compliance with food safety in manufacture
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Audit food safety management procedures in food and drink operations
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Audit food safety management procedures in food and drink operations
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Communicate a vision and policy for improvement in food and drink operations
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Develop a strategy to achieve sustainability in a food and drink environment
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Develop a strategy to achieve sustainability in a food environment
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Develop an improvement culture in food and drink operations
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Develop an improvement strategy in food and drink operations
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Develop and maintain relationships with external organisations in a food and drink environment
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Develop and maintain relationships with external organisations in a food environment
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Encourage innovation in organisational improvement in food and drink operations
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Ensure compliance and respond to issues or deviation from standards or best practice in a Life Science Environment
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Ensure compliance to support improvement in food and drink operations
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Evaluate and quantify a food and drink business current performance
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Evaluate relationships with external organisations in a food and drink environment
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Maintain partnerships for working in the food and drink supply chain
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Manage risk to control improvement in food and drink operations
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04Where it leads
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Where this can lead
Head of Food Operations
This role can lead into director-level operations leadership, into technical or consulting specialisms, or towards senior supply chain roles.
See the whole journey05The credits
The credits, and who awards them
Level 4 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Assess operations for effectiveness and compliance with food safety standards in operationsCommunicate a vision and policy for achieving excellence in food operationsDevelop a strategy to achieve sustainability in food operationsDevelop an achieving excellence culture in food operationsDevelop an achieving excellence strategy in food operationsDevelop and evaluate operational plans for own area of responsibilityDevelop and manage relationships with external organisations in food operationsDevelop, implement and evaluate quality assurance systems in food operations
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
City & Guilds Level 4 Diploma for Proficiency in Food Manufacturing Excellence (QCF)
- 06_Encourage problem solving and innovation in a biomanufacturing team
- Assess operations for effectiveness and compliance with food safety in manufacture
- Audit food safety management procedures in food and drink operations
- Communicate a vision and policy for improvement in food and drink operations
- Develop a strategy to achieve sustainability in a food and drink environment
- Develop a strategy to achieve sustainability in a food environment
- Develop an improvement culture in food and drink operations
- Develop an improvement strategy in food and drink operations
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This qualification is no longer awarded.
Ofqual lists it as no longer awarded, so it cannot be started today. The last day to be awarded it was 31 October 2020. It is here because people still hold it.
These are open to new learners in the same subject.
- FDQ Level 2 Certificate For Proficiency in Food Manufacturing Excellence
- FDQ Level 3 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Manufacturing Excellence
- EAL Level 4 Diploma in Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (Development Competence)
- Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering for England
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