Ability to: identify common food additives and group them by function identify common types of additives used in the food industry identify the functions of food additives commonly used in food, such as: texture modifying agents organoleptic and nutritional modifying agents, including flavours, colours, flavour enhancers, sugar-free sweeteners, minerals, vitamins and food acids shelf-life enhancing agents, including preservatives, anti-oxidants and food acids technological aids, including humectants, enzymes, propellants, flour treatment, caking agents and bleaching agents identify additives, colours and flavours used in product range produced in the workplace, including: coding system used to describe food additives, colours and flavours legal requirements relating to additives used as established by the Food Standards Code function in the food product typical quantities used and related units of measurement preparation requirements, and forming and breaking emulsions, and preparation of solutions where required addition systems and related equipment requirements health and safety issues related to handling of additives process recording requirements consequences of incorrect additive addition, including the Food Standards Code as it relates to food additives used in a given product range review and/or establish procedures to describe storage, handling and processing conditions that affect the characteristics of colours and flavours, such as: changes in pH temperature change exposure to light exposure to humidity packaging materials review and/or establish procedures to describe the method of preparation and addition of additives to food products produced in the workplace provide examples of incorrect addition of food additives that could occur in the production process, determine appropriate corrective action within company policy and level of authority use communication skills to interpret and complete work information to support operations of work team or area demonstrate and support cooperative work practices within a culturally diverse workforce |