City and Guilds of London Institute · RQF Level 3
City & Guilds Level 3 Award for Proficiency in Food 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
- Guided learning160 hours
- Units in this qualification72
Awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Analyse and report dataReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to organise and evaluate data that has been researched
- Understand how to report data that has been researched
- Analyse and evaluate data
- Report data
Carry out process control in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out quantitative checking procedures
- Carry out instrumentation checks
Carry out quality audits in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for quality audits
- Audit compliance against quality systems
- Complete post quality audit actions
Carry out sampling for quality control in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Sample food products to meet sampling requirements
- Maintain integrity of sample
Carry out testing for quality control in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for quality testing
- Carry out testing for quality
Control energy efficiency in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 transport efficiency in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain measures that support sustainable transport usage
- Promote measures that support sustainable transport usage
- Promote the development of sustainable transport
Control waste minimisation in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain measures that support waste minimisation
- Promote measures that support waste minimisation
- Promote the development of sustainability through waste minimisation
Control water usage in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain measures that support sustainable water usage
- Promote measures that support sustainable water usage
- Promote the development of sustainable water usage
Develop product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Construct a final specification
- Produce a production plan
- Communicate the final specification to all relevant people
Develop test samples in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Plan development activities
- Manage production of test samples
- Measure and record development activities
- Present final test samples
Develop working relationships with colleaguesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of working with colleagues.
- Establish working relationships with colleagues.
- Act in a professional and respectful manner when working with colleagues.
- Communicate with colleagues.
- Identify potential work-related difficulties and explore solutions.
Diagnose problems in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify problems
- Diagnose problems
- Report problems
Evaluate and improve production in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate assessments of the performance of operations within a food or drink manufacturing business
- Agree objectives for an improvement programme
- Implement and evaluate an improvement programme
- Report on the outcomes of the improvement programme
Lead and manage meetingsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to lead a meeting.
- Manage meeting procedures.
- Chair a meeting.
- Undertake post-meeting tasks.
Maintain plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain environmental good practice
- Promote and improve environmental good practice
Make effective decisionsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify circumstances that require a decision to be made.
- Collect information to inform decision-making.
- Analyse information to inform decision-making.
- Make a decision.
Make effective decisionsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify situations where a decision needs to be made.
- Gather factual information to inform the decision-making process.
- Analyse valid information to inform decision-making.
- Make a decision.
Manage conflict in a teamReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Support team members’ understanding of their role and position within a team.
- Take measures to minimise conflict within a team.
- Understand how to encourage team members to resolve their own conflicts.
- Understand legal and organisational requirements concerning conflict.
Manage customer service in own area of responsibilityReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish and communicate measurable customer service standards for own area of responsibility.
- Support staff in meeting customer service standards.
- Monitor and evaluate customer service performance, systems and processes.
Manage knowledge in own area of responsibilityReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand existing knowledge management in own area of responsibility.
- Develop knowledge
- Share knowledge.
- Monitor and evaluate knowledge management in own area of responsibility.
Manage or support equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibilityReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own responsibilities under equality legislation, relevant codes of practice and own organisational policies.
- Communicate an organisation’s written equality, diversity and inclusion policy and procedures in own area of responsibility.
- Monitor equality, diversity and inclusion within own area of responsibility.
Manage organisational change for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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
Manage personal developmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and agree performance requirements of own work role.
- Measure and progress against objectives.
- Identify gaps in skills and knowledge in own performance.
- Carry out and assess activities within own development plan.
Monitor and control quality of work activities in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out activities to ensure quality results are achieved
- Report on quality of work activities against specifications
Monitor and control throughput to achieve targets in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 control waste disposal in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Organise and control the storage and handling of waste
- Organise and control the disposal of waste and despatch of by-products
Monitor and evaluate customer service in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to ensure reliable customer service in food operations
- Monitor sales and evaluate customer service in food operations
- Maintain effective and efficient customer service in food operations
Monitor and maintain standards of conduct in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Promote the required standards of conduct
- Communicate the required standards of conduct and what will happen if those standards are not met
- Allow staff opportunities to give feedback
- Record and report on issues relating to standards of conduct
Monitor and report on production progress in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor production progress
- Report and maintain records on production progress
Monitor effectiveness of food service operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor food service operations
- Control risk in the workplace
Monitor food safety at critical control points in operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor product quality
- Contribute to resolving quality problems
Plan production schedules in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Manage work in teams
- Allocate resources to meet production plans
- Ensure availability of resources to meet production plans
- Avoid production problems
- Maintain accurate and clear records
Produce production specifications in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Check and assess criteria
- Develop and confirm validity of specifications
Resolve problems in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish what the problems are
- Implement solutions
- Report on further action to be taken
Set objectives and provide support for team membersReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate a team’s purpose and objectives to the team members.
- Develop a plan with team members showing how team objectives will be met.
- Support team members identifying opportunities and providing support.
- Monitor and evaluate progress and recognise individual and team achievement.
Set up and maintain food service operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for food service operations
- Maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of food service operations
Shut down multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to shut down multi-stage operations
- Shut down multi-stage operations
Start up multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to start up multi-stage operations
- Start up multi-stage operations
Support commissioning of plant, equipment and processes in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to commission plant, equipment and processes
- Contribute to commissioning
- Report on the commissioning activity
Support team members in identifying, developing and implementing new ideasReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop team ideas and develop the creativity of team members
- Assess the viability of team members’ ideas.
- Support team members to implement ideas.
- Implement team ideas.
Understand how to carry out process control in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of process control
- Understand how to carry out quantitative checking procedures
- Understand how to carry out instrument checks
Understand how to carry out quality audits in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about quality auditing best practice
- Communicate audit results and recommendations
- Interpret and action an auditor’s report
Understand how to carry out sampling for quality control in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the principles of sampling
- Know about maintaining sample integrity
- Know about factors that influence samples
Understand how to carry out tests for quality control in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the importance of accurate quality testing
- Know about testing protocol for quality
- Know about equipment used in quality testing
- Understand how to interpret and communicate test results
Understand how to control product quality in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 transport efficiency in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for controlling transport efficiency in food operations
- Control transport efficient within the organisation
- Promote transport efficiency within the organisation
- Maintain transport efficiency within the organisation
Understand how to control waste minimisation in a food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for minimising waste in a food environment
- Minimise waste produced by the organisation
- Promote waste minimisation by the organisation
- Maintain waste minimisation within the organisation
Understand how to control water usage in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for controlling water usage in food operations
- Control the use of water within the organisation
- Promote the efficient use of water within the organisation
- Maintain efficient water usage measures within the organisation
Understand how to develop product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about final product specification
- Know about developing product plans
- Know about communicating the final specification to all relevant people
Understand how to develop test samples in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about product development activities
- Know about the development of food products
- Know about test samples
Understand how to diagnose problems in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Identify problems
- Diagnose problems
- Communicate problems
Understand how to evaluate and improve production in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate assessments of production
- Make recommendations for improvements
- Plan improvements
Understand how to maintain plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about planned maintenance
- Carry out maintenance
- Carry out and remedial maintenance
Understand how to manage organisational change for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for managing organisational change
- Manage organisational change
- Review and communicate organisational change
Understand how to monitor and control throughput to achieve targets in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 control waste disposal in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor and control waste disposal in food operations
- Control and organise waste separation
- Control and organise the storage and handling of waste
Understand how to monitor and evaluate customer service in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to sales through ensuring reliable customer service
- Monitor sales and evaluate customer service in food operations
- Maintain effective and efficient customer service in food operations
Understand how to monitor and improve environmental good practice in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Follow organisational procedures for environmental good practice
- Recognise environmental good practice
- Improve environmental good practice
Understand how to monitor and maintain standards of conduct in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for monitoring standards of conduct
- Maintain standards of conduct
- Deal with unacceptable conduct
Understand how to monitor and report on production progress in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor production progress
- Report and maintain records on production progress
Understand how to monitor health, safety and environmental management systems in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
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 plan production schedules in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Assess production requirements and capabilities
- Plan production schedules
- Maintain production schedules
Understand how to produce production specifications in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Develop production specifications
- Know how monitor specifications
- Deal with problems, deviations and concessions
Understand how to resolve problems in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish what the problems are
- Implement solutions
- Report on further action to be taken
Understand how to set up and maintain food service operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Set up food service operations
- Maintain food service operations
Understand how to shut down multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Shut down multi-stage operations in food manufacture
Understand how to start up multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Start up multi-stage operations in food manufacture
- Deal with problems arising during the start-up of operations
Understand how to support commissioning of plant, equipment and processes in food operationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Know about preparation prior to commissioning of plant, equipment and processes
- Know about commissioning plant
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. 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’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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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.
- Benchmark a food and drink product against competition
- Carry out and participate in quality audits
- Carry out preventative planned maintenance on engineered systems within food and drink operations
- Carry out preventative planned maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment used in food and drink operations
- Carry out preventative planned maintenance on services systems and equipment used in food and drink operations
- Carry out process control of production in food and drink operations
- Carry out quality audits
- Carry out sampling in food and drink operations
Where this can lead
Quality Audit Associate
Your journey starts here, learning the fundamentals. With dedication, a keen eye for detail, and a commitment to continuous learning, you can build a truly impactful and rewarding career in quality and compliance. We're excited to see where you take it.
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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 work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for City & Guilds Level 3 Award for Proficiency in Food Industry Skills (QCF)
71 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.
- Analyse and report data
- Carry out process control in food manufacture
- Carry out quality audits in food operations
- Carry out sampling for quality control in food operations
- Carry out testing for quality control in food operations
- Control energy efficiency in food operations
and 65 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
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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