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Food and drink engineer (level 5)

Maintaining, managing and installing a diverse range of specialist equipment and technology used in the manufacture of food and drink products.

Qualification level
5
Equivalent to higher national diploma (HND).
Typical duration
36 months
Apprenticeship category
Engineering and manufacturing
Maximum funding
£18,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training.
Also known as
  • Continuous improvement food and drink engineer
  • Food and drink electrical engineer
  • Food and drink mechanical engineer
  • Food and drink reliability engineer
Skills
Skills an apprentice will learn
  • Use engineering principles to deliver products/packaged food.
  • Comply with standard operating procedures, company, legal and regulatory requirements and customer/consumer and engineering standards.
  • Plan, for example labour and engineering materials.
  • Influence and communicate with colleagues and others, such as engineers, other functions and teams.
  • Assess team and individual performance, provide feedback to improve; coach and mentor.
  • Use continuous improvement techniques, for example apply quality management principles, participate in failure investigations and contribute to and implement practical engineering solutions for efficiency and/or profitability.
  • Use IT, digitisation and manual methods to collect data from systems to support engineering activity within the business.
  • Use and develop planned preventative maintenance (PPM) strategies, incorporate appropriate proactive maintenance routines, such as vibration analysis, thermography, simple visual/part measurement.
  • Analyse operational performance, specification and data.
  • Evaluate possible failure modes and identify strategy, for example technical risk assessment methods, PPM to RCM techniques.
  • Contribute to the construction and commissioning of equipment and machinery used for producing preserved/fresh and safe food and drink products.

Full information on Food and drink engineer (level 5) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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