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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

TP45 · Level 4

Food Production Operative

Target occupation: production operative, food processing line operator.

Target occupation
production operative, food processing line operator
Level
4 — Skilled employee and operative
Duration
9 months
Taught hours
600 h
Credits
60

Framework

Competency blocks

Each block is assessed separately and stays acquired. That is what lets you resume an interrupted path without starting over.

  1. Processing operations

    170 hours

    Raw material intake, preparation, processing, packaging, storage

  2. Food hygiene and safety

    180 hours

    Good hygiene practice, HACCP, cleaning and disinfection, traceability

  3. Running a line and control

    130 hours

    Parameters, self-inspection, non-conformity, records

  4. Safety and the production environment

    80 hours

    Machine hazards, protective equipment, waste, effluents

  5. Professional conduct and employability

    40 hours

    Rigour, shift work, job search

Questions

How is this title awarded?

Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, together with a professional portfolio recording what you actually produced. An occupation is proven by practising it, not on paper.

What employment rate do you publish?

None, and that is deliberate: no cohort has yet completed this title. The six-month employment rate is this family's own indicator, and we will publish it once a cohort has produced one — not before. An invented figure here would be the first thing an employer checks.

Food Production Operative — IHETC