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- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer FDQ Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and FDQ Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from FDQ Limited.
The FDQ Level 2 Diploma in Food and Drink Operations is an occupational qualification suited for individuals working in the food and drink manufacturing sector. It allows learners to develop skills and knowledge in areas such as food safety, process performance, and various operational activities including forming, shaping, packing, and product assembly.
These are the units FDQ Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with FDQ Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. FDQ Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Carry out forming and shaping in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when forming and shaping products in food and drink operations.
- Carry out food safety activities when forming and shaping products to prevent contamination.
- Monitor and control HACCP procedures when forming and shaping products to manage food safety hazards.
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when forming and shaping products to maintain efficient operations.
- Contribute to optimal process performance when forming and shaping products to maximise efficiency and quality.
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when forming and shaping products to maintain hygiene standards.
Carry out ingredient handling in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when handling ingredients
- Carry out food safety activities when handling ingredients
- Monitor and control HACCP when handling ingredients
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when handling ingredients
- Contribute to optimal process performance when handling ingredients
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when handling ingredients
Carry out packing activities in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when carrying out packing activities in food and drink operations.
- Carry out food safety activities when carrying out packing activities to prevent contamination.
- Monitor and control HACCP procedures when carrying out packing activities to manage food safety hazards.
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when carrying out packing activities to maintain efficient operations.
- Contribute to optimal process performance when carrying out packing activities to maximise efficiency and quality.
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when carrying out packing activities to maintain hygiene standards.
Carry out product assembly in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when assembling products
- Carry out food safety activities when assembling products
- Monitor and control HACCP when assembling products
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when assembling products
- Contribute to optimal process performance when assembling products
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when assembling products
Carry out product changeovers and activity handovers in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Hand over responsibility for tasks and activities effectively to another person.
- Receive responsibility for tasks and activities effectively from another person.
- Prepare thoroughly for product changeovers to minimise down-time in food and drink operations.
- Prepare thoroughly for product changeovers to minimise waste in food and drink operations.
- Carry out product changeovers efficiently and effectively in food and drink operations.
Carry out slicing in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when slicing products
- Carry out food safety activities when slicing products
- Monitor and control HACCP when slicing products
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when slicing products
- Contribute to optimal process performance when slicing products
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when slicing products
Carry out temperature control in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Standard Operating Procedures and quality procedures when controlling temperatures
- Carry out food safety activities when controlling temperature
- Monitor and control HACCP when controlling temperature
- Carry out basic fault finding and problem solving when controlling temperature
- Contribute to optimal process performance when controlling temperature
- Clean equipment according to specifications and scheduling when controlling temperature
Maintain health, safety and environmental standards in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the main safety hazards and risks in the working environment
- Know the health and safety precautions and procedures in the workplace
- Recognise environmental damage in the workplace
- Comply with environmental safety requirements
Measure process performance and contribute to continuous improvement in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of measuring process performance in food and drink operations.
- Understand how to contribute to continuous improvements in food and drink operations.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities in the workplace.
- Share and communicate ideas for improvement in food and drink operations.
- Agree, test and evaluate plans for improvements in processes.
- Measure, record and interpret process performance information to identify areas for improvement.
Optimise product and ingredient quality in food and drink operations Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the operator’s role contributes to the overall business objectives within a food and drink manufacturing organisation.
- Understand how the operator’s role contributes to maintaining product quality in food and drink manufacturing.
- Understand the importance of controlling product and ingredient quality throughout the food and drink manufacturing process.
- Understand how to handle products and ingredients correctly to maintain optimum quality standards.
- Identify opportunities for improvement to product quality within food and drink operations.
- Communicate identified opportunities for improvement to product quality to the appropriate personnel.
Principles of food safety and HACCP in manufacturing Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how individuals can take personal responsibility for food safety.
- Understand the importance of personal hygiene in maintaining food safety.
- Understand how working areas should be kept clean and hygienic to prevent contamination.
- Understand the importance of ‘good manufacturing practice’ in food production.
- Understand the purpose of a HACCP system in managing food safety hazards.
Principles of manufacturing practice in the food and drink industry Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of effective team working within a food and drink manufacturing environment.
- Understand the importance of effective communication skills in the food and drink industry.
- Understand how to communicate effectively with colleagues to improve working practices.
- Understand the purpose and use of systems and documents used to control processing operations in food and drink manufacture.
- Understand how to select the correct tools and equipment for specific tasks in food and drink manufacturing.
- Understand how to use the correct tools and equipment safely and effectively in food and drink manufacturing.
Principles of the Food and Drink Supply Chain Real unit · FDQ Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of businesses involved in the global food and drink supply chain.
- Understand the key principles that underpin the global food and drink supply chain.
- Understand the importance of product origin and traceability within the food and drink supply chain.
- Understand how food and drink supply chains operate from origin to consumer.
- Understand how food and drink supply chains are controlled to ensure safety and quality.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Allocate roles and responsibilities for food safety management in food and drink operations
- Standard
Assemble meals for distribution via conveyor belt Legacy
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Carry out case coding in distilling operations
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Carry out cask filling in the spirits industry
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Carry out cereal cooking in the spirits industry
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Carry out distilling in the spirits industry
- Standard
Carry out flavouring in the spirits industry
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Carry out flour packing, storage and despatch in milling
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Carry out packing in the spirits industry
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Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements in food and drink operations
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Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements in food and drink operations
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Develop health, safety and environmental management systems in food and drink operations
- Standard
Develop working practices and procedures to manage food safety in food and drink operations
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Develop working practices and procedures to manage food safety in food and drink operations
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Form rolled products in food operations
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Implement and evaluate improvements in food and drink operations
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Operate manual dispensers in food and drink operations
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Perform Post-Measurement Processes Operations
Showing 18 of 21 standards these units map to.
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by FDQ Limited rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Carry out forming and shaping in food and drink operationsCarry out ingredient handling in food and drink operationsCarry out packing activities in food and drink operationsCarry out product assembly in food and drink operationsCarry out product changeovers and activity handovers in food and drink operationsCarry out slicing in food and drink operationsCarry out temperature control in food and drink operationsMaintain health, safety and environmental standards in food and drink operations
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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For “Measure process performance and contribute to continuous improvement in food and drink operations” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Optimise product and ingredient quality in food and drink operations” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Allocate roles and responsibilities for food safety management in food and drink operations
- Assemble meals for distribution via conveyor belt Legacy
- Carry out case coding in distilling operations
- Carry out cask filling in the spirits industry
- Carry out cereal cooking in the spirits industry
- Carry out distilling in the spirits industry
- Carry out flavouring in the spirits industry
- Carry out flour packing, storage and despatch in milling
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Carry out forming and shaping in food and drink operations, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to carry out forming and shaping processes in food and drink operations. Learners will implement standard operating and quality procedures, apply food safety practices, monitor HACCP, and perform basic fault finding to maintain product standards.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for FDQ Level 2 Diploma in Food and Drink Operations
13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by FDQ Limited.
- Carry out forming and shaping in food and drink operations
- Carry out ingredient handling in food and drink operations
- Carry out packing activities in food and drink operations
- Carry out product assembly in food and drink operations
- Carry out product changeovers and activity handovers in food and drink operations
- Carry out slicing in food and drink operations
and 7 more in the full unit list below.
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