IMPHS303 – Develop health, safety and environmental management systems in food and drink operations

Overview 

This standard covers the skills and knowledge needed to develop systems and procedures for health, safety and environmental systems within your organisation. You will need to work in line with current legislation and organisational policies, present recommendations using internal and external information. You will need to encourage and recognise contributions by other members of staff; recognise and report conflicts between the organisational and statutory requirements. You will contribute to the developing and maintaining of procedures for monitoring compliance; provide updates of changes in legislation and procedures and develop policies for reporting and recording hazards, incidents and accidents/ near misses.

This standard is recommended for you if you are a manager, technologist or consultant who has responsibility for the development of food and drink related health, safety or environmental systems. It is expected that you will work as part of a team to develop and implement the systems.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

1. review existing procedures and practices in accordance with current legislation and organisational policies
2. amend and/or create new working procedures and practices, incorporating best practice, in line with company policy
3. agree development of procedures and practices with others
4. seek agreement of best practice with clear procedures, lines of communication, responsibilities and reporting
5. develop procedures for monitoring compliance with systems and relevant legal requirements
6. develop organisational systems for reporting and recording hazards, incidents and accidents
7. review the existing experience and knowledge of potential individuals to be involved with developing health, safety and environmental management systems
8. discuss responsibilities with potential individuals
9. write and instigate job specifications or job roles and responsibilities
10. allocate responsibilities following standard operating procedures

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand

1. principles of current legislation for health, safety and the environment
2. relevant statutory body requirements
3. the enforcement structure of regulatory bodies
4. how to communicate with the relevant people
5. how to give due recognition to ideas and views
6. how to make presentations
7. how to develop and maintain procedures
8. how to analyse, review and validate internal and external information
9. the importance of compliance with systems and legislation and the possible consequences of non-compliance
10. system requirements to monitor and maintain a healthy and safe environment
11. tangible and intangible benefits of healthy and safe working arrangements to the organisation and its external environment
12. principles of organisational policies and systems
13. organisational procedures for health, safety and environmental systems of work, emergencies, environmental issues and health screening
14. organisational procedures for prevention, investigation and reporting of incidents and accidents
15. how to report and record to best effect
16. the importance of compliance with systems and legislation and the possible consequences of non-compliance
17. system requirements to monitor and maintain a healthy and safe environment
18. implications of current health, safety and environmental legislation on the business and work undertaken by the individual
19. how to ensure compliance with current statutory requirements
20. how to carry out risk assessments

Keywords: Food; Drink; Manufacturing; Environmental; Waste; Good; Practice; Legislation