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Prepare greengrocery products for sale in a retail organisation

URN: PPL.B224
Business Sectors (Suites): Retail
Developed by: People 1st
Approved: 2025

Overview

This standard is about preparing greengrocery products for sale in a retail organisation. Preparation covers unpacking, handling and removing unwanted parts of vegetables, fruits and salad products.

This standard is for staff who work in a greengrocery department or greengrocery retail organisation.

When you have completed this standard you will be able to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to:

  • Prepare greengrocery products for sale in a retail organisation

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. remove unwanted packaging from a range of greengrocery products including vegetables, fruit and salad following your workplace procedures
  2. follow your workplace procedures and relevant legislation for recycling or disposing of unwanted packaging and waste from greengrocery products
  3. handle greengrocery products hygienically following your workplace procedures and relevant legislation at all times and in a way that protects the products from damage
  4. follow your workplace procedures to choose only those greengrocery products that match the quality your workplace sells
  5. follow your workplace procedures to deal with greengrocery products that do not match your retail organisation's requirements for quality
  6. follow your workplace procedures to remove unwanted parts of greengrocery products to make them as attractive as possible to customers
  7. weigh, classify and package greengrocery products following your workplace procedures

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the greengrocery products that are prepared by your workplace and how to handle them without damaging them
  2. your workplace procedures and relevant legislation for recycling or disposing of unwanted packaging and waste from greengrocery products
  3. why greengrocery products must be handled hygienically
  4. your workplace quality standards for greengrocery products
  5. how to recognise greengrocery products that must be rejected or reclassified according to your workplace requirements
  6. how to recognise parts of greengrocery products that must be removed to make the products more attractive to customers
  7. how to prepare greengrocery products so they are attractive to customers
  8. how to weigh, classify and package greengrocery products to meet your workplace requirements

Scope/range

Scope Performance

Scope Knowledge

Values

Behaviours

Skills

Glossary

Links To Other NOS

PPL.B225 Display and maintain greengrocery products to attract sales in a retail organisation

External Links

Version Number

4

Indicative Review Date

2030

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Skillsmart Retail

Original URN

SSR.B224

Relevant Occupations

Food Preparation Trades, Retail and Commercial Enterprise, Retailing and Wholesaling, Sales and Customer Services Occupations, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers, Skilled Trades Occupations

SOC Code

7111

Keywords

Retailing; retailers; preparing; prepares; vegetables; fruits; salads; produce