Contribute to the production of beer in a brewing environment
Overview
This standard covers the skills and knowledge needed for you to contribute to beer production in a brewing environment. This standard details the skills needed in the production of beer. It covers identifying types, flavours and characteristics of different beers and monitoring and controlling the production process. It also covers understanding the principles of beer production in brewing. It covers the regulatory impact on brewing, the definition and types of beer, functions within production processing. This standard is for you if you work in the brewing environment, and require only broad skills, knowledge and understanding of beer production in brewing.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
contribute to beer production in accordance with the legal or
regulatory requirements, the organisational health and safety,
hygiene and environmental standards and instructions
identify the main types of beer
identify the different flavours and characteristics of beer
follow a beer production process flow diagram in accordance with
company procedures
- contribute to monitoring and control of quality according to
production procedures
- manage time and resources in accordance with company
procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
what the regulatory requirements are which impact on beer
production
what the definition of beer is
what the main types of beer are
how the main types of beer differ from one another in flavour,
characteristics and key production differences
- what the sequence of events are which enable the production of
the main beer types
how to read and interpret a beer production process flow diagram
what the functions of each stage in the beer production process
are
- the importance of quality assurance and control of the production
process
- how control of wasted time and resources can improve production
efficiency