Carry out sampling of incoming raw material for milling
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to carry out sampling of incoming raw material for milling. You need to follow relevant policies and procedures that apply to your area of work and report on the quality of work activities against specifications. You need to organise work to meet schedules and targets, and make effective use of resources. You also need to identify, record and report any problems affecting the volume of throughput. You will contribute to identifying opportunities for improving food and drink operations. You will identify improvement opportunities by suggesting ideas and contribute to developing an action plan. You will need to understand how to sample raw material on delivery, which can then be milled into another product, such as. flour. You need to know about sampling procedures and the controls in the sampling process, how to prepare products for sampling and obtain a representative sample, how to maintain the integrity of the sample and dispose of samples safely. This standard is for you if you work in food and drink manufacture and/or supply operations and are involved in receiving incoming raw material for milling and your job requires you to understand how sampling of raw material is carried out.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
check that there are sufficient resources available to complete
sampling within your own area of responsibility
check that sampling equipment is working effectively
carry out sampling in accordance with current legal and regulatory
requirements for hygiene and environmental standards or
instructions
- monitor work activities to meet sampling requirements and to
identify any variances against specifications
complete all relevant sampling checks and report as appropriate
label and identify all samples according to organisational
procedures
- handle, store and dispose of all sample materials according to
organisational procedures
report all variances outside of specification to relevant person(s)
identify and report opportunities for improvement of work activities
to relevant person(s)
- identify implications of changes to make sure that the change is
documented
gather information about potential improvements
identify and make positive suggestions about areas for
improvement
- share your ideas for improvement with the relevant people and
react positively to feedback you receive
- communicate your finalised ideas in sufficient detail to enable
further action to be agreed
- work with others to agree an action plan for putting improvement
ideas into action
make a positive contribution to putting the plan into action
test and check improvements to find out how effective they are
before recommending further action
- evaluate the effectiveness of improvements that have been
introduced
- access information from appropriate sources to support your
report and recommendations
communicate recommendations to relevant people
complete records in accordance with organisational requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
what the purpose of sampling is to the milling process
the workplace methods used to sample milling raw material
what the procedures are for sampling, including maintaining
sample condition
how to check the sampling equipment is working properly
how to use the sampling equipment
why it is important that samples provide a fair and accurate
representation of the whole consignment of milling raw material
why it is important to label and identify samples
why it is important to maintain the integrity of samples
how to handle, store and dispose of sample materials
what the appropriate sampling technique is depending on the
equipment used
- what the operational and regulatory requirements are for sampling
product quality
- what the health and safety requirements and procedures for
sampling are, including the relevant environmental protection and
any risk to source
what the controls are in the sampling process
how to prepare products for assessment against product
specifications
what the reasons for controlled conditions are whilst sampling
what the types of abnormal conditions are that may affect
sampling
what the different types of sampling containers are
what documentation and labelling systems are required to ensure
traceability