Further optional units can be taken from Groups B, C or D to meet or exceed the overall minimum of 12 units.

Production and Processing Group B

Title
Support commissioning of plant, equipment and process in food and drink operations
Maintain plant and equipment in food and drink operations
Develop product specifications in a food and drink business
Develop food and drink test samples
Start up plant and equipment in food and drink operations 
Shut down plant and equipment in food and drink operations
Carry out task handover procedures in food and drink operations
Carry out product changeovers in food and drink operations
Start up multi-stage operations in food and drink operations
Shut down multi-stage operations in food and drink operations 
Carry out sampling in food and drink operations
Carry out testing in food and drink operations
Monitor and control quality of work activities in food and drink operations
Manage organisational change and improvement in food operations
Carry out quality audits
Plan production schedules in food and drink operations
Monitor and report on production performance in food and drink operations
Carry out process control of production in food and drink operations
Diagnose production problems in food and drink operations
Resolve production problems in food and drink operations
Manage production performance in food and drink operations
Evaluate production performance in food and drink operations
Control and monitor energy efficiency in a food environment
Control and monitor waste minimisation in a food environment
Control and monitor water usage in a food environment
Control and monitor transport efficiency in a food environment
Monitor hygiene cleaning in food and drink operations
Monitor and control the disposal of waste in food and drink operations

Support Operations Group C

Title
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food manufacture
Plan and organise your own work activities in a food and drink business
Provide leadership in your area of responsibility of a food and drink business
Promote and support creative thinking in a food and drink business
Communicate in a business environment
Motivate colleagues in a food and drink business
Develop and manage a team in a food and drink business
Allocate and monitor work in a food and drink business
Provide coaching and mentoring for improvement in food operations
Provide training for improvement in food operations
Assess teams and individuals for improvement in food operations
Manage workplace organisational improvement in food operations
Manage compliance to support improvement in food operations

Underpinning Knowledge Group D

Title
The principles of HACCP management for food manufacturing
The Principles of Food Safety Supervision for Manufacturing
Principles of monitoring and assessing risks in food operations
Principles of quality sampling and testing in food operations
Principles of quality in food operations
Principles of raw food materials in food operations
Principles of product development in food operations
Principles of engineering maintenance in food operations
Principles of sustainability in a food environment
Principles of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) in a food environment
Principles of using ICT and MIS in food technology
Principles of food data analysis in food and drink
Principles of sensory assessment in food technology
Principles of appearance and texture in food technology
Principles of flavours in food technology
Principles of rheological characteristics in food technology
Principles of weights and measures in food technology
Principles of evaporation in food operations
Principles of energy transfer in heating food technology
Principles of dehydration process in food technology
Principles of energy transfer in cooling food technology
Principles of the refrigeration cycle in food technology
Principles of freezing methods in food technology
Principles of pigments in food technology
Principles of functional food additives in food technology
Principles of yeast biology for food and drink
Principles of microbiology in food technology
Principles of sterile processing in food technology
Principles of cleaning raw food materials
Principles of sorting and grading produce and food materials
Principles of bulk size reduction of produce and food materials
Principles of homogenisation in food technology 
Principles of filtration in food technology
Principles of centrifugation in food technology
Principles of blanching in food technology
Principles of irradiation in food technology
Principles of achieving excellence in food operations
Principles of improving organisational performance in achieving excellence in food operations
Principles of energy efficiency in food operations
Principles of food policy and regulation
  1. Are you happy with these proposed optional units and the number required to be taken?

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