Every food distribution and food processing centre is different. Each one varies in; size, the type of food they get, how they collect and store food and how they process food.
In each one there will be staff and volunteers working together to help reduce food waste.
Here you will find information on the different roles and responsibilities you might see in a food distribution or food processing centre.
There are also tools and resources to help train staff and volunteers, including those who may have been out of work for a while.
Who does what? An explanation to the different roles and responsibilities
- Here’s a day in the life of a food distribution centre guide here.
- Here’s a day in the life of a food processing centre guide here.
- Download a template guide which you can customise to show the different roles and responsibilities here.
- Download posters showing some of the different roles and responsibilities here.
- Download a form to help evaluate staff/volunteers’ progress against responsibilities here.
- Watch this video to see what it’s like inside the Fareshare Sussex distribution warehouse here.
- Here’s a powerpoint which describes the processes to move food in and out of the Fareshare Sussex distribution warehouse here.
- Watch this video to find out how Fareshare Sussex manage and support their volunteers and staff here.
On the job training
- Find out more about didactic principles and how they can help you train staff and volunteers here.
- Find out how you can plan training for staff and volunteers here.
- Hear from Food savers Ghent a food distribution centre, (Belgium) on how they train volunteers here.
- Hear from Mechelen, a food distribution centre, (Belgium) on how they train volunteers here.
Training materials: manual handling/ergonomics
- Download a poster showing how to lift boxes here.
- Watch a video explaining manual handling here.
- Download a powerpoint which shows; how to move boxes, lift different weights and to mop correctly here.
Training materials: visual instructions for the work floor