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Food handling

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.

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A day in the life of a food distribution centre

Here’s an infographic which shows you what happens on a typical day in a Flavour food distribution centre.

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A day in the life of a food processing centre

Here’s an infographic which shows you what happens on a typical day in the Flavour food processing centre.

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Roles and responsibilities at your centre

This word document is a template that you can use to write down the different roles and responsibilities at your centre. We’ve included lots of suggestions, which you can alter to make it relevant to your centre.

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Roles and responsibilities in food processing and distribution centres

Module 2, Posters

Here is a set of posters you can use to show the different roles and responsibilities that you will find in food distribution and processing centres.

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Staff/volunteer evaluation

Here is a template form to help with evaluating the progress of staff/volunteers in developing the skills they need to undertake the roles in a food processing or food distribution centre.

This form has been created by Panier De La Mer, a food distribution centre in France. You can adapt the form to make it relevant to your setting

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Inside the Fareshare Sussex warehouse

Fareshare Sussex is a food distribution centre based in Brighton. This video shows you what it is like to work in the warehouse

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How food moves in and out of Fareshare Sussex

This powerpoint has been prepared by Fareshare Sussex and shows each step and process which is used to bring food into the warehouse and to distribute it to charities and other organisations.

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How Fareshare Sussex manage and support their volunteers and staff

In this video you can hear Emily from Fareshare Sussex share how they manage and support their volunteers and staff through on the job training.

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Training for staff and volunteers

Inge Laperre from Vonst, in Brussels, shares her tips on how to deliver training on the job.

The videos included in the presentation are in Dutch – the English translation can be found in the notes section for each slide

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How Food Savers Ghent train volunteers

Kenny Willems, instructor at Foodsavers Ghent, explains how, step by step, they guide their new sorters on the work floor from more simple sorting tasks to more complex tasks such as scanning and distributing food surpluses.

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Foodsavers Mechelen – tips on training staff

Foodsavers Mechelen, is an organisation in Belgium tackling food waste and provide job opportunities for people who are unemployed.

Here they share their tips on how to train staff who are new to the work, including the role of coaching and the use of self managed teams

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How to lift boxes

Here’s a poster which shows how to lift boxes

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Manual handling

Laura Pope from Fareshare Sussex talks through the different parts of manual handing that are useful to know if you’re working in a food distribution centre.