Pearson EDI · RQF Level 2
Pearson EDI Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Industry Skills (QCF)
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- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits27
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification183
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These are the units Pearson EDI 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.
Assemble and process products for food serviceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble service products according to specifications and instructions
- Process service products according to specifications and instructions
Assemble different products to a pre-determined pattern in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to assemble products
- Carry out assembly of products
- Finish assembly of products
Bake off food products for saleReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Bake-off products for sale
- Glaze and decorate bake-off products
Carry out and finish bulk filling in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for bulk filling
- Carry out and monitor the bulk filling process
- Complete the bulk filling process
Carry out and finish transfer of materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to transfer materials
- Carry out and finish the process of transferring materials
Carry out disinfection in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for disinfection
- Carry out disinfection procedures
Carry out product changeovers in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for changeovers in a way that minimises down-time and waste
- Carry out changeovers
- Complete changeovers
Carry out task hand-over procedures in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Hand over responsibility to another person
- Take over responsibility from another person
Clean in place _CIP_ plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to clean in place
- Carry out clean in place
- Complete clean in place
Contribute to continuous improvement for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify improvements in the workplace
- Share and communicate own ideas for improvement
- Agree, test and evaluate plan for improvements
Contribute to environmental safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to workplace environmental safety
Contribute to keeping the workplace secure in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and report security risks
- Follow procedures for dealing with security risks
Contribute to maintaining stock security and minimising losses in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the maintenance of security according to specifications and procedures
- Contribute to the monitoring of losses and investigating problems according to specifications and procedures
- Implement procedures to deal with security alerts
Contribute to optimising work areas in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
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
Contribute to problem diagnosis in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying problems
- Contribute to problem diagnosis
- Contribute to reporting problems
Contribute to problem resolution in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying the causes of problems
- Contribute to implementing solutions to problems
- Contribute to reporting on action to be taken to resolve problems
Contribute to the development of product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying criteria for product specifications
- Contribute to the development of draft criteria
- Contribute to confirming a final specification
Contribute to the effectiveness of food retail operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Organise own activities within food and drink retail operations
- Contribute to the improvement of food and drink retail operations
Contribute to the maintenance of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for the maintenance of plant and equipment
- Carry out maintenance of plant and equipment
Control batching in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for batching according to specifications
- Carry out batching according to specifications
- Finish batching according to specifications and procedures
Control bottle-washing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for bottle-washing according to specifications
- Carry out bottle-washing according to specifications
- Complete bottle-washing according to specifications and procedures
Control bottling in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for bottling according to specifications
- Carry out bottling according to specifications
- Finish bottling according to specifications
Control canning in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for canning according to specifications
- Start and control canning according to specifications
- Complete canning
Control conditioning in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for conditioning according to specifications
- Carry out conditioning according to specifications
- Finish conditioning according to specifications and procedures
Control conversion in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for conversion according to specifications
- Carry out conversion according to specification
- Finish conversion according to specifications and procedures
Control defrosting in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for the defrosting process
- Control the defrosting process
- Complete the defrosting process
Control depositing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for depositing according to specifications
- Carry out depositing according to specifications
- Finish depositing according to specifications and procedures
Control effluent treatment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare equipment and materials to control effluent treatment
- Monitor and control treatment operations according to procedures and specifications
- Complete and shut down treatment operations according to procedures, specifications and legal requirements
Control enrobing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for enrobing according to specifications
- Carry out enrobing according to specifications
- Finish enrobing according to specifications and procedures
Control forming in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for forming according to specifications
- Carry out forming according to specification
- Finish forming according to specifications and procedures
Control heat treatment in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for heat treatment according to specifications
- Carry out heat treatment according to specifications
- Finish heat treatment according to specifications and procedures
Control hygiene cleaning in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for cleaning according to company procedures and specifications
- Carry out cleaning according to company procedures and specifications
- Complete cleaning according to company procedures and specifications
Control labelling in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for labelling according to specifications
- Carry out labelling according to specifications
- Finish labelling according to specified procedures
Control manual size reduction in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for manual size reduction
- Carry out manual size reduction
- Finish manual size reduction
Control membrane processing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to start up and control membrane processing
- Control membrane processing plant
- Implement shut-down procedures
- Implement cleaning operations
Control milling in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for milling according to specifications and standard operating procedures
- Control milling according to production specifications and standard operating procedures
- Finish milling according to specifications and standard operating procedures
Control mixing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for mixing according to specifications
- Carry out mixing according to specifications
- Finish mixing according to specification
Control packaging in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for packaging according to specifications
- Carry out packaging according to specifications
- Complete packaging operations according to specifications and procedures
Control pelletising in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for pelletising according to specifications
- Carry out pelletising according to specifications
- Finish pelletising according to specifications and procedures
Control separation in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for separation according to specifications
- Carry out separation according to specifications
- Finish separation according to specifications and procedures
Control size reduction in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for size reduction
- Carry out size reduction
- Finish size reduction
Control slicing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for slicing according to specifications
- Carry out slicing according to specifications
- Finish slicing according to specifications and procedures
Control stock levels in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor the level of stock
- Ensure the safe use and rotation of stock
Control temperature reduction in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for temperature reduction according to specifications
- Carry out temperature reduction according to specifications
- Finish temperature reduction according to specifications and procedures
Control washing and drying machinery in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare machinery for washing and drying according to specifications and procedures
- Operate washing and drying machinery according to specifications and procedures
- Shut down washing and drying machinery
Control weighing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to weigh food products following company procedures
- Carry out weighing operations following company procedures
Control wrapping in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for wrapping according to specifications
- Carry out wrapping according to specifications
- Finish wrapping according to specified procedures
Display food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to display food and drink products
- Label displays of food and drink products
- Arrange and maintain food and drink products for display
- Empty and clean the food and drink product display
Finish bake off productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to finish bake-off product
- Carry out finishing of bake-off products
- Complete finishing of bake-off products
Lift and handle materials safely in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Follow lifting and handling instructions
- Operate handling equipment
- Transport materials safely
Load consignments for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check consignments and equipment
- Carry out loading of consignments
Maintain product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct quality checks
- Communicate results of quality checks
Maintain workplace food safety standards in operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Keep the workspace clean
- Maintain food safety
Maintain workplace health and safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work within organisational safety limits
- Follow organisational emergency procedures
- Use personal protective equipment
Operate a counter/ take-away service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Provide customers with a counter/take-away service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Maintain work areas and equipment according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Operate a table/tray service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Provide customers with information and process orders according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Serve customers according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Operate central control systems in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Use central control systems
- Overcome problems using control systems
Pack orders for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Pack orders to specification for despatch in food operations
Palletise and wrap products in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out checks before palletising and wrapping products
- Carry out palletising and wrapping
- Finish palletising and wrapping
- Ensure that the process of palletising and wrapping products in food operations works effectively
Pick orders and store for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check order sheets and other documentation for picking and storing orders
- Prepare to carry out order picking
- Pick and store orders
Plan and organise own work activities in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and organise their own work activities
- Work effectively
- Communicate with others
Prepare ingredients and store fillings and toppings in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare ingredients
- Mix ingredients
- Store supplies and fillings and toppings
Prepare orders for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to assemble orders
- Assemble orders
- Prepare orders
- Finish order preparation
Prepare sauces and marinades by hand in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to mix ingredients
- Mix ingredients
- Finish mixing process
Prepare to operate a counter/ take away service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare work areas and equipment according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Clear work areas and equipment according to Standard Operating Procedures
Prepare to operate a table/ tray service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare work areas and equipment ready for service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Clear dining and service areas after service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Prepare to receive goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and update documentation
- Prepare work areas and equipment to receive deliveries
- Ensure vehicle and goods and materials conform to specifications
Principles of Clean In Place CIP in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of cleaning processes
- Understand types of detergent and disinfectant
- Understand the main components of a Cleaning in Place (CIP) system
Principles of HACCP based food safety systemsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the purpose of a HACCP system
- Know the features and terminology of HACCP
- Know how a HACCP system is applied in the workplace.
Principles of aseptic packaging in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definition and hermetic sealing of aseptic packaging
- Understand the UHT milk processing as an example of aseptic packaging technology
- Understand the factors influencing support for transport efficiency
Principles of bar coding in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the form and data capture of bar codes
- Understand the infrastructure required to implement and maintain bar coding
- Understand the organisation and control of bar coding
Principles of blanching in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and importance of blanching
- Understand how steam, water and microwave blanching is carried out
- Understand how to test and improve blanching
Principles of bulk size reduction of produce and food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the rationale and purpose of bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of crushing and grinding processes in bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of cutting, dicing and shredding processes in bulk size reduction
- Understand the purpose and methodology of pulping in bulk size reduction
Principles of cans and closing cans in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements for canning
- Understand the canning process
Principles of centrifugation in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of centrifugation in food processing
- Understand the application of centrifugation in food processing
- Understand the economics of centrifugation technology
Principles of cleaning raw food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the rationale for cleaning and separation technology
- Understand the processes for cleaning raw food materials without using water
- Understand the processes for cleaning raw food materials using water
Principles of continuous improvement techniques _Kaizen_ in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features, importance of Kaizen activity
- Understand the criteria and requirements for Kaizen and problem solving
- Understand how to interact with Kaizen activity
Principles of evaporation in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the evaporation process
- Understand the technology of evaporation
Principles of filtration in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and application of filtration
- Understand clarification, filter media and filter aids in food filtration
- Understand food process filtration methodology
Principles of food processing operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the systems and documents used to control processing operations
- Understand the key stages of processing
Principles of freezing methods in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the freezing process preserves and stores foods
- Understand the technical aspects of freezing on foods
- Understand freezing methods in food technology
- Understand the cold chain distribution of frozen foods
Principles of glass bottles and related closures in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features of glass bottles and related closures
- Understand the production of glass bottles and related closures
- Understand the requirements for producing glass bottles and related closures
Principles of homogenisation in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of homogenisation in food processing
- Understand how emulsifiers work in food processing
- Understand how pressure homogenisers are used in food processing
- Understand how colloidal mills are used in food processing
Principles of instrumentation and control systems in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand computer controlled systems
- Understand process instrumentation equipment
- Understand process control equipment in brewing
Principles of irradiation in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features and affects of ionising radiation
- Understand the radiation sources of irradiation
- Understand the types of irradiation technologies and the economics of irradiation
Principles of packing and labelling food products in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare for packing
- Understand how to prepare for labelling
- Understand how to carry out packing and labelling in food manufacture
Principles of paper and board packaging in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources and business uses of paper and board packaging
- Understand paper processing and its suitability as a packaging material
- Understand board processing and its suitability as a packaging material
- Understand the promotional role and disposal arrangements for paper and board packaging
Principles of plastic and cellulose films in food and drinkReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the sources and business use of plastic and cellulose films
- Understand cellulose processing and its suitability as a packaging film
- Understand polythene based processing and suitability as packaging film
- Understand polycarbonate based processing and suitability as packaging material
- Understand the promotional role and disposal arrangements for plastic and cellulose based packaging
Principles of plastic bottles and related closures in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the features of plastic bottles and related closures
- Understand the production of plastic bottles and related closures
- Understand the requirements for producing plastic bottles and related closures
Principles of plate heat exchangers in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the technology of heat transfer
- Understand the function of plate heat exchangers
- Understand the function of plate heat pasteurisation
Principles of product quality and improvements in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to maintain product quality
- Understand how to contribute to continuous improvements
Principles of raw food materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand sources and functional role of raw materials used in food operations
- Understand supply and production of raw food materials
- Understand the use of additives in raw food materials
Principles of sensory assessment in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the physiological and psychological factors influencing sensory assessments
- Understand the importance of flavour in the sensory assessment of food and drink products
Principles of sharpening, maintaining and selecting cutting tools and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand tools and equipment maintenance
- Understand the methods for sharpening and maintaining cutting tools and equipment
- Understand how to select cutting tools and equipment for operations
Principles of sorting and grading produce and food materialsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the definitions and rationale for sorting and grading food materials
- Understand equipment and methods used for sorting food materials
- Understand the quality factors used in grading food materials
Principles of sustainability in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of sustainability
- Understand factors affecting sustainability targets
- Understand factors affecting support for sustainability targets
- Understand the factors influencing the achievement of sustainability
Principles of using Information Communication Technology _ICT_ and Management Information Systems _MIS_ in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
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 using and storing materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to store and handle ingredients and materials
- Understand the systems used to control the handling and storage of materials
Principles of valves and pumps in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how liquid flows in pipes
- Understand types of valves used in food manufacture
- Understand pump function and pump types used in food manufacture
Principles of weights and measures in food technologyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal and regulatory requirements for weighing and measuring food and drink products
- Understand the processes of weighing and measuring food and drink products
- Understand how to quality assure the weighing and measuring of food and drink products
Principles of working in explosion risk areas in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the classifications and plant requirements for explosion risk areas
- Understand the procedural requirements for explosion risk areas
Process customer orders in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check the availability of goods for customer orders in food operations
- Complete customer order processing in food operations
Produce individual packs by hand in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to produce packs by hand in food operations
- Carry out production of packs by hand in food operations
- Finish production of packs by hand in food operations
Receive goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check and handle deliveries of goods and materials
- Update records and stock control systems
- Complete goods and material intake
Report and record production operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Record operational activities
- Report on operational activities
Select and prepare raw materials in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify ingredients
- Select ingredients
- Prepare ingredients
Sell food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Establish customer needs
- Satisfy customer needs
- Process the sale of food and drink products
Shut down multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to shut down multi-stage operations
- Shut down multi-stage operations
Shut down plant and equipment in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Implement shut-down procedures
- Complete the shut down of plant and equipment
Slice and bag individual food productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Slice individual products
- Bag individual products
Start up multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to start up multi-stage operations
- Start up multi-stage operations
Start up plant and equipment in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to start up plant and equipment
- Start up plant and equipment
- Evaluate the start-up of plant and equipment
Store and retrieve informationReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand processes and procedures for storing and retrieving information
- Store information
- Retrieve information
Store goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Select and handle goods and materials safely and hygienically
- Store goods and materials in allocated locations
- Check and complete documentation
Supply materials for production in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Match production needs with availability of supplies
- Maintain supply of materials to production area and work stations
The principles of food safety for manufacturingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how individuals can take personal responsibility for food safety
- Understand the importance of keeping him/herself clean and hygienic
- Understand how the working areas are kept clean and hygienic
- Understand the importance of keeping products safe
Understand how to assemble and process products for food serviceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for the assembly and processing of food service products
- Maintain high standards of quality in food service products
Understand how to assemble different products to a pre-determined pattern in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare products and materials to assemble different products to a pre-determined pattern
- Prepare regarding processes and procedures to assemble different products to a pre-determined pattern
- Carry out assembly of different products to a pre-determined pattern
- Finish the assembly of different products to a pre-determined pattern in food operations
Understand how to avoid contamination and complete cleaning in place _CIP_ of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Avoid contamination
- Complete cleaning in place
Understand how to bake off food products for saleReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Bake off food products
- Maintain quality of bake-off products
Understand how to carry out and finish bulk filling in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the information that is important to carry out bulk filling
- Deal with problems in supply and services
- Know relevant current legislation and standards
Understand how to carry out and finish transfer of materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the process for transferring materials
- Know industry regulations and health and safety standards
Understand how to carry out disinfection in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the requirements for disinfection
- Carry out disinfection
- Complete disinfection
Understand how to carry out product changeovers in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the requirements for carrying out product changeovers
- Carry out product changeovers
- Deal with problems during changeovers
Understand how to carry out task hand-over procedures in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out task hand-over procedures
Understand how to contribute to continuous improvement for achieving excellence in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the importance of continuous improvement in food operations
- Know about the resources and measures to support a continuous improvement activity in food operations
- Support and communicate continuous improvement activity in food operations
Understand how to contribute to environmental safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with requirements
- Recognise environmental damage
- Work in a way that reduces environmental damage
Understand how to contribute to keeping the workplace secure in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know how workplace security can be compromised
- Help prevent security from being compromised
- Deal with breaches of security
Understand how to contribute to maintaining stock security and minimising losses in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the requirements of stock security
- Know about company procedures for maintaining stock security
- Implement security procedures and deal with security breaches
Understand how to contribute to optimising work areas in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
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 contribute to problem diagnosis in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to identifying problems in your area of work
- Contribute to analysing and reporting problems within your work area
Understand how to contribute to problem resolution in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to problems in your area of work and how to communicate to colleagues
- Contribute to identifying resolutions to problems
Understand how to contribute to the development of product specifications in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to identify and develop criteria
- Understand the consultation process
- Understand how to develop the specification
Understand how to contribute to the effectiveness of food retail operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Organise work activities to optimise effectiveness
- Contribute to the improvement of retail operations
Understand how to contribute to the maintenance of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about preparing for maintenance
- Carry out maintenance
- Deal with maintenance issues and problems
- Complete maintenance procedures
Understand how to control bottle-washing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the requirements of bottle-washing in food manufacture
- Prepare for bottle-washing in food manufacture
- Carry out bottle-washing in food manufacture
- Deal with problems during bottle-washing in food manufacture
- Complete bottle-washing in food manufacture
Understand how to control defrosting in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for the defrosting process
- Maintain high standards of quality during the defrosting process
- Complete the defrosting process
Understand how to control effluent treatment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Control effluent treatment operations
- Follow all the relevant procedures for effluent treatment operations
- Carry out effluent treatment operations safely
Understand how to control hygiene cleaning in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of hygiene cleaning in food operations
- Understand how to prepare for hygiene cleaning in food operations safely
- Understand how to carry out hygiene cleaning in food operations safely
- Understand how to complete hygiene cleaning in food operations safely
Understand how to control manual size reduction in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Control manual size reduction in food manufacture
- Control manual size reduction
- Complete manual size reduction
Understand how to control membrane processing in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for membrane processing
- Control membrane processing
- Avoid and deal with problems
Understand how to control processes in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the requirements for controlling processes
- Prepare control processes
- Carry out process control procedures
- Complete process control procedures
Understand how to control stock levels in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Control stock levels in food operations
Understand how to control washing and drying machinery in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know about controlling washing and drying machinery according to specifications and procedures
- Deal with problems during the washing and drying process
Understand how to display food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to create food product displays
- Create a food and drink display
- Know the importance of labelling in food and drink displays
- Monitor and maintain food and drink displays
- Deal with problems in displaying products
Understand how to finish bake off productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to finish bake-off products
- Finish bake-off products
- Complete finishing of bake-off products
Understand how to lift and handle materials safely in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the health and safety standards for lifting, moving and handling materials
- Knows how to move and handle materials
- Know the limits of ones authority and communication methods
Understand how to load consignments for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check consignments and equipment
- Prepare for loading consignments
- Carry out loading of consignments
- Work safely when loading consignments for despatch
Understand how to maintain product quality in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out quality checks
- Record and store information accurately
- Know about the importance of communicating results
Understand how to maintain workplace food safety standards in operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the importance of safe food handling practices
- Deal with pests and infestations
- Know the importance of minimising the risks of contamination and food poisoning
Understand how to maintain workplace health and safety in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the main safety risks and hazards in the working environment
- Know the health and safety precautions and procedures in the workplace
- Know the health and safety features of equipment and materials
Understand how to meet requirements for producing product packs in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the requirements for producing product packs
- Meet the specification for producing product packs
- Maintain quality in product packs
Understand how to monitor effluent treatment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor effluent treatment operations
- Deal with problems during the treatment process
Understand how to operate a counter/ take-away service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Provide customers with a counter/take-away service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Maintain work areas and equipment according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Understand how to operate a table/tray service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Provide customers with information and process orders according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Serve customers according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Understand how to operate central control systems in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the functions of central control systems
- Avoid potential problems in the central control system
Understand how to pack orders for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Pack orders to specification for despatch in food operations
Understand how to palletise and wrap products in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out checks before palletising and wrapping products
- Carry out palletising and wrapping
- Finish palletising and wrapping of products
Understand how to pick orders and store for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Pick orders to an order sheet
- Know the importance of storing products safely and securely ready for despatch or delivery
Understand how to plan and organise your own work activities in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and organise work activities
- Work effectively
- Communicate with others in food manufacture
Understand how to prepare and store savoury fillings and toppings in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare savoury fillings and toppings in food manufacture
- Store savoury fillings and toppings in food manufacture
Understand how to prepare and store sweet fillings and toppings in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare sweet fillings and toppings in food manufacture
- Store sweet fillings and toppings in food manufacture
Understand how to prepare for and conduct cleaning in place _CIP_ of plant and equipment in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to clean in place
- Clean in place
Understand how to prepare orders for despatch in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for preparing orders for despatch in food operations
- Assemble orders for despatch in food operations
- Prepare orders for despatch in food operations
- Finish preparing orders for despatch in food operations
Understand how to prepare sauces and marinades in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know what the requirements are for preparing sauces and marinades in food manufacture
- Prepare to mix sauces and marinades
- Prepare sauces and marinades
- Finish mixing sauces and marinades
Understand how to prepare to operate a counter/take away service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare work areas and equipment ready for service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Clear dining and service areas after service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Understand how to prepare to operate a table/tray service in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare work areas and equipment ready for service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Clear dining and service areas after service according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Understand how to process customer orders in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Find out what the customer wants and if it is available
- Complete customer order processing in food operations
- Know the processes of communicating with customers about orders
Understand how to produce individual packs by hand in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to produce individual packs by hand
- Carry out production of packs by hand
- Finish production of packs by hand in food operations
Understand how to produce product packs in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Meet production demand for product packs
- Control production of product packs
- Complete production of product packs
Understand how to receive goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Receive and check goods and materials
- Deal with types of problems
- Know the importance of organisational communication and information structures
- Know the relevant health and safety and industry legislation
Understand how to report and record production operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Report production operations
- Record production operations
Understand how to sell food products in a retail environmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Establish the customer’s needs
- Satisfy the customer’s needs
- Process and complete the sale of food and drink products
Understand how to shut down multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Shut down multi-stage operations in food manufacture
Understand how to shut down plant and equipment in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Implement shut down procedures
- Complete plant and equipment shut down
Understand how to slice and bag individual food productsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Slice individual food products
- Bag individual food products
Understand how to start up multi-stage operations in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
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 start up plant and equipment in food manufactureReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Start up plant and equipment in food manufacture
- Deal with problems arising during the start-up of plant and equipment
Understand how to store and organise goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know suitable storage locations for goods and materials
- Deal with damage to goods, materials and equipment
- Know the safety, security and environmental conditions for transport and storage of goods and materials
- Know the organisational communication and documentation procedures
Understand how to supply materials for production in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Determine sufficiency of supplies of food and drink materials to meet production requirements
- Knows how to maintain supplies to ensure smooth running in production
Understand how to unload goods and materials in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the procedures and equipment required for unloading goods and materials
- Know the checks that need to be made when unloading goods and materials
Understand how to work effectively with others in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work effectively in a team.
- Give and receive information to and from team colleagues.
- Work with team colleagues to improve the way work is done
Work effectively with others in food operationsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Work effectively in a team
- Give and receive information to and from team colleagues
- Work with team colleagues to improve the way work is done
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 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.
Assemble and process products for food serviceAssemble different products to a pre-determined pattern in food operationsBake off food products for saleCarry out and finish bulk filling in food operationsCarry out and finish transfer of materials in food operationsCarry out disinfection in food operationsCarry out product changeovers in food manufactureCarry out task hand-over procedures in food manufacture
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
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.
Pearson EDI Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Industry Skills (QCF)
- Assemble Different Products to a Pre-Determined Pattern
- Assemble and process products for food service
- Assist with selling food and drink retail products
- Carry out bulk filling in food and drink operations
- Carry out changeovers in the spirits industry
- Carry out disinfection in food manufacture
- Carry out palletising and wrapping in the spirits industry
- Carry out product changeovers in food and drink operations
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.
Assemble Different Products to a Pre-Determined PatternAssemble and process products for food serviceAssist with selling food and drink retail productsCarry out bulk filling in food and drink operationsCarry out bulk filling in food and drink operationsCarry out changeovers in the spirits industryCarry out disinfection in food manufactureCarry out palletising and wrapping in the spirits industryCarry out product changeovers in food and drink operationsCarry out risk assessment and determine security risks to the food and drink organisationComplete Pre-Journey and Post-Journey ProceduresContribute to Optimising Work Areas in Food and Drink OperationsContribute to maintaining stock security and minimising losses in food and drink operationsContribute to site security in the spirits industryContribute to the effectiveness of food and drink retail operationsControl Conversion in Food and Drink OperationsControl Effluent Treatment Operations in Food and Drink OperationsControl Enrobing in Food and Drink Operations+91 more
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.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Applied to your own work
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson EDI Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Food Industry Skills (QCF)
183 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson EDI.
- Assemble and process products for food service
- Assemble different products to a pre-determined pattern in food operations
- Bake off food products for sale
- Carry out and finish bulk filling in food operations
- Carry out and finish transfer of materials in food operations
- Carry out disinfection in food operations
and 177 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
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is
take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying
for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with
you, on your real work, is for.
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.