Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Award for Proficiency in Baking Industry Skills (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits10
- Units in this qualification72
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Batch produce advanced craft fermented dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to produce advanced craft products
- Produce batches of advanced craft products
- Store and prepare advanced craft products for despatch
Batch produce advanced craft flour confectionery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to produce advanced craft products
- Produce batches of advanced craft products
- Store and prepare advanced craft products for despatch
Batch produce advanced craft non-fermented dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to produce advanced craft products
- Produce batches of advanced craft products
- Store and prepare advanced craft products for despatch
Contribute to continuous improvement of food safety in operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to improving food safety
- Comply with food safety standards and procedures
Contribute to optimising work areas in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Control the preparation of the work area and equipment for use
- Monitor the use of work areas and equipment
- Control the use of work areas to meet production targets
- Control work completion procedures
Control and monitor safe supply of raw materials and ingredients in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out checks to ensure the acceptance of supplies
- Maintain records of supplies
Control energy efficiency in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain measures that support sustainable energy usage
- Promote measures that support sustainable energy usage
- Promote the development of sustainable energy usage
Control production of bakery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan bakery production schedules
- Ensure availability of resources to meet bakery production schedules
- Monitor and report on progress of bakery production
- Diagnose and solve bakery production problems
Design and develop specialist individual dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research designs, techniques and materials
- Test and evaluate designs, techniques and materials
- Prepare product specification
Design and develop specialist individual flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research designs, techniques and materials
- Test and evaluate designs, techniques and materials
- Prepare product specification
Develop working relationships with colleagues in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish working relationships with food operations colleagues
- Display professional and respectful behaviour when working with food operations colleagues
- Communicate effectively with food operations colleagues
- Identify colleague’s food operations-related difficulties and seek solutions
Diagnose problems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify problems
- Diagnose problems
- Report problems
Evaluate specialist individual dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess customer satisfaction with products
- Evaluate production and organisational effectiveness
- Report and make recommendations for production improvements
Evaluate specialist individual flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess customer satisfaction with the products
- Evaluate production and organisational effectiveness
- Report and make recommendations for production improvements
Interpret and communicate information and data in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify relevant information and data
- Interpret information and data
- Communicate information and data
Maintain plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan maintenance activities
- Prepare for maintenance activities
- Communicate plans to the relevant people
- Undertake maintenance activities
- Report on maintenance activities
Manage and evaluate production performance in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Organise operational activities to meet requirements
- Maintain a productive work environment
- Maintain operations necessary to meet requirements
- Evaluate operational performance
Manage commissioning and handover of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan commissioning processes for plant
- Manage commissioning of plant
- Manage handover of plant
Manage organisational change for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for managing organisational change
- Manage organisational change
- Communicate plans for organisational change
- Monitor plans for organisational change
Maximise sales in a food retail environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify opportunities to increase retail sales through promotions and displays, considering factors such as seasonality, target audience, and product characteristics.
- Organise the promotion and display of food and drink products for sale, adhering to relevant regulations, guidelines, and best practises.
- Promote food and drink products to customers, utilising effective communication techniques and product knowledge to encourage purchases.
Monitor and control throughput to achieve targets in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and control throughput to achieve targets
- Take action to resolve problems affecting volume of throughput
Monitor and maintain storage conditions in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain health, safety and security in the storage area
- Monitor changes in storage conditions
Monitor and maintain storage systems and procedures in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and maintain health and safety and control systems
- Recommend areas for improvement and present suggestions to others
Monitor effectiveness of food retail operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor retail operations
- Control risk in the workplace
Monitor effectiveness of food service operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor food service operations
- Control risk in the workplace
Monitor effectiveness of picking and packing operations in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor the picking and packing processes in food operations
- Control risk to health and safety in the workplace when overseeing picking and packing operations in food operations
Monitor food safety at critical control points in operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and monitor critical control points
- Take corrective action when control measures fail
Monitor health, safety and environmental systems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement compliance systems
- Undertake operational audits
- Make recommendations for improvements to systems
Monitor product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor product quality
- Contribute to resolving quality problems
Monitor stored goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor goods and materials effectively
Organise the receipt and storage of goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Receive and assess deliveries against requirements
- Organise and maintain storage facilities
- Monitor and maintain stock movement and storage practice
Plan and co-ordinate bake-off operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan resources to meet expected demand for bake-off operations
- Monitor bake-off operation against production requirements
Plan and co-ordinate food servicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan resources to meet expected demand
- Monitor food services
Produce specialist individual dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to produce specialist individual dough-based products
- Produce specialist individual products
- Store and prepare product for despatch
Produce specialist individual flour confectioneryReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan production
- Produce specialist individual products
- Store and prepare product for despatch
Report on compliance with food safety requirements in operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate internal audits of the food safety management system
- Produce timescales for action
- Present internal audit reports
Resolve problems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish what the problems are
- Implement solutions
- Report on further action to be taken
Secure commitment to an achieving excellence strategy in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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
Set up and maintain food retail operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for retail operations
- Maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of retail operations
Set up and maintain food service operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for food service operations
- Maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of food service operations
Set up and maintain picking and packing orders in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Co-ordinate and control the processing of orders
- Set up the conditions for picking and packing of orders
- Maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of the picking and packing process
Understand commissioning and handover of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about planning for plant and equipment handover
- Know about relevant organisational and legal issues that affect commissioning and handover
- Know about managing procedures during handover
- Know about managing remedial actions during handover and commissioning
Understand how to batch produce advanced craft fermented dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan batch production of advanced craft products
- Quality control production of advanced craft products
- Store and despatch advanced craft products
Understand how to batch produce advanced craft non-fermented dough-based productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan batch production of advanced craft products
- Quality control production of advanced craft products
- Store and despatch advanced craft products
Understand how to co-ordinate food retail operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Set up retail operation in food operations
- Maintain retail operations in food operations
Understand how to co-ordinate picking and packing orders in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan co-ordination of picking and packing of orders
- Co-ordinate picking and packing orders
Understand how to contribute to continuous improvement of food safety in operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about food safety management procedures
- Know the checks and reporting procedures to control food safety
- Contribute to food safety management
Understand how to contribute to optimising work areas in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements of optimising work areas are
- Control work areas
- Monitor and maintain work areas
Understand how to control and monitor safe supply of raw materials and ingredients in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Control and monitor supplies of raw materials and ingredients
Understand how to control product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about good manufacturing practices (GMPs)
- Evaluate quality issues in own area of work
- Know about requirements for good communications
Understand how to control production of bakery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess production requirements and capabilities
- Control production
- Maintain production
- Maintain communication and documentation
Understand how to design and develop specialist individual bakery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design specialist individual bakery products
- Develop specialist individual bakery products
Understand how to develop working relationships with colleagues in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to establish working relationships with food operations colleagues
- Understand professional behaviour and its importance when working with food operations colleagues
- Understand how to communicate effectively with food operations colleagues
- Identify colleague’s food operations-related difficulties and seek solutions
Understand how to diagnose problems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify problems
- Diagnose problems
- Communicate problems
Understand how to evaluate specialist individual bakery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to evaluate specialist individual bakery products
- Evaluate specialist individual bakery products
Understand how to interpret and communicate information and data in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and confirm information and data
- Source information and data
- Present information and data
Understand how to maintain plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about planned maintenance
- Carry out maintenance
- Carry out and remedial maintenance
Understand how to manage and evaluate production performance in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan work activities
- Communicate with others
- Maintain operational performance
- Manage food operations
Understand how to manage organisational change for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for managing organisational change
- Manage organisational change
- Review and communicate organisational change
Understand how to maximise sales of food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm that displays meet required standards for displaying goods, including health and safety regulations, food hygiene standards, and company policies.
- Deal with problems in displaying goods, such as stock shortages, damaged products, and display maintenance issues.
- Assess and monitor displays to ensure they are effective in attracting customers and driving sales, using key performance indicators (KPIs) and customer feedback.
Understand how to monitor and control throughput to achieve targets in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the best advice and guidance surrounding monitoring quality
- Know about monitoring procedures for quality of work
- Know about monitoring procedures for throughput
- Record quality of work issues
- Know about solving problems affecting throughput
Understand how to monitor and maintain storage systems and procedures in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the importance of monitoring and maintaining food and drink storage systems and procedures
- Evaluate procedures and make recommendations for changes
Understand how to monitor health, safety and environmental management systems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know current relevant legislation
- Understand communication and recording methods
- Understand organisational procedures and policies
- Understand organisational compliance
Understand how to organise the receipt and storage of goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the organisation skills required for effective handling of incoming goods
- Organise storage facilities and stock records
- Know the organisational business policies and procedures
Understand how to plan and co-ordinate bake-off operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan bake-off operations
- Co-ordinate bake-off operations
Understand how to plan and co-ordinate food servicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan food services
- Coordinate food services
Understand how to plan to maximise sales of food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify sales and demand for food products in a retail environment, using data analysis and market research techniques.
- Plan promotions for food products, considering factors such as pricing strategies, advertising campaigns, and promotional events.
- Construct displays for food products, optimising visual appeal, accessibility, and product placement to maximise sales.
Understand how to produce specialist individual bakery productsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to produce specialist individual bakery products
- Produce specialist individual bakery products
- Handle specialist individual bakery products
Understand how to report on compliance with food safety requirements in operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 resolve problems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish what the problems are
- Implement solutions
- Report on further action to be taken
Understand how to secure commitment to an achieving excellence strategy in food operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 how to set up and maintain food service operationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Set up food service operations
- Maintain food service operations
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Batch Produce Specialist Non-Fermented Dough Products
- Batch produce specialist fermented dough products
- Batch produce specialist flour confectionery products
- Control and monitor safe supply of raw materials and ingredients in food and drink operations
- Control the production of bread
- Design and Develop Specialist Individual Dough-Based Products
- Design and develop specialist individual flour confectionery products
- Evaluate Specialist Individual Dough-Based Products
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Award for Proficiency in Baking Industry Skills (QCF)
72 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Batch produce advanced craft fermented dough-based products
- Batch produce advanced craft flour confectionery products
- Batch produce advanced craft non-fermented dough-based products
- Contribute to continuous improvement of food safety in operations
- Contribute to optimising work areas in food manufacture
- Control and monitor safe supply of raw materials and ingredients in food operations
and 66 more in the full unit list below.
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- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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