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Food technologist

Other names

food tech specialist, food technology specialist, food technology expert, food tech expert

Food science and safety

They check food and ingredients are safe and good, and they study ways to make food better and make it in factories.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management.

  2. 2

    Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.

  3. 3

    Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, colour, texture, nutritional value, and convenience.

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Sources

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
ingénieur en technologie alimentaire/ingénieure en technologie alimentaire
español
tecnólogo de alimentos/tecnóloga de alimentos
العربية
أخصائي تكنولوجيا الغذاء / أخصائية تكنولوجيا الغذاء
português
Engenheiro técnico alimentar/Engenheira técnica alimentar
Deutsch
Lebensmitteltechnologe/Lebensmitteltechnologin
italiano
tecnologo alimentare/tecnologa alimentare

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