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Knowledge
K1: Relevant national and international industry legislation and codes of practice, including Health and Safety at Work Act, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), employment, product, chemical and environmental legislation
K2: Hygiene methodology considering materials of construction (premises and equipment), types of contamination, environment and water chemistry
K3: Chemical hygiene practices: the science of chemicals and the impact of the selection of chemicals
K4: Alternative hygiene practices e.g. the use of ozone, steam, carbon dioxide
K5: Hygienic design principles of premises and equipment
K6: Hazard control associated with the hygiene process, e.g. allergens, microbiological, chemical, physical and speciation
K7: Design of effective hygiene management systems, including method statements, risk assessments, safe systems of work
K8: How to plan and organise resources, e.g. people, timescales, equipment, materials, costs
K9: Pest control – knowledge of types of pests, controls, prevention and pest control documentation
K10: Contract management – management of costs, overview of contracts, specifications, service level agreements
K11: People management – selecting, leading, managing, coaching, developing
K12: Types and application of environmental sampling e.g. adenosine triphosphate (ATP), swabs, air sampling
K13: Validation, verification and monitoring techniques of hygiene processes
K14: How to deal appropriately with incidents and accidents including disaster recovery and critical incidents.
K15: Effluent treatment, drainage and discharge – volume, concentration, chemical composition
K16: The principles of project management
K17: The principles and tools of continuous improvement, including LEAN, 8 Wastes, Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma, route cause analysis
K18: The principles of auditing practice
K19: Management information systems, the systems utilised by the organisation – how to analyse data and identify trends
K20: How to sustainably manage and reduce waste
K21: Budget management tools and techniques
Skills
S1: Comply with relevant industry legislation, permits, codes of practice and safe working practices
S2: Select and apply the most appropriate and effective hygiene methodology
S3: Contribute to the design of new, and the modification of, existing premises and equipment
S4: Contribute to the identification and implementation of controls to minimise the risk of hazards
S5: Create and maintain a hygiene management system including hygiene related documentation, method statements, risk assessments, safe systems of work
S6: Plan, organise, prioritise time and resources effectively to maintain organisational hygiene standards
S7: Manage an integrated pest management system
S8: Review and manage contracts, costs, specifications, service level agreements and appropriate supplier controls; assess supplier, contractor and vendor performance
S9: Lead, manage and develop individuals and cross-functional teams
S10: Select and carry out the most appropriate sampling methodology
S11: Implement validation, verification and monitoring activities to evaluate the effectiveness of organisational hygiene standards
S12: Deal appropriately with incidents and accidents and suggest recommendations to prevent reoccurence
S13: Use project management tools to deliver projects to time, cost, specification and quality
S14: Contribute and lead hygiene continuous improvement activities.
S15: Establish and implement the audit schedule in relation to hygiene activities to ensure compliance with legal, industry and customer standards; conduct internal and external audits across functions
S16: Analyse and evaluate information and data to make informed decisions and present solutions; create and formulate spreadsheets and graphs, electronic filing systems, presentations, reports; utilising electronic communications
S17: Manage the waste streams and identify methods of waste reduction
S18: Agree and manage hygiene budgets; monitor forecasts versus actual costs
Behaviours
B1: Positive attitude: accepts responsibility, is proactive and plans work, tenacious in approach, committed to equality and diversity, and demonstrates a safety mind-set
B2: Drive for results: Proactively seeks and acts on feedback. Continuous drive for change and encourages others to deliver results across functional areas capturing and standardising best practice
B3: Team-working: Awareness of own and others’ working styles and collaborates with others to achieve results.
B4: Inspirational: Leads by example, acts with integrity, builds trust and demonstrates respect for others
B5: Communicates effectively: Adapts style to suit audience and situation, influences and persuades key stakeholders
B6: Managing Change: Resilient and adaptable when dealing with challenge and change, maintaining focus and self-control, flexible to changing work environment and demands
B7: Innovation: Challenges the status quo to foster new ways of thinking and working and resolve problems; seeks out opportunities to drive forward change and improvements for the business
B8: Company/industry perspective: knowledge of company and industry, acts as an ambassador both internally and externally
Duty 1
DUTY: ensure full compliance with current industry related legislation through documented risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work to ensure that the hygiene activities within the area of responsibility are carried out in such a way as to protect the health, safety and welfare of consumers, customers, clients, employees, visitors and contractors
K1
K2
K7
S1
S2
S5
B1
B2
B5
Duty 2
DUTY: manage the company hygiene process by identifying the cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation requirements and select the hygiene methodology dependent upon environment, construction of premises, hygienic design of equipment, equipment usage and chemical application equipment, storage of chemicals/disinfectant and the hygiene. Identify the sequence of hygiene stages and formulate, implement and review the organisational hygiene management system. Horizon scanning for new hygienic techniques and technologies
K2
K3
K4
K5
K7
S2
S3
S5
B2
B5
B7
Duty 3
DUTY: select appropriate hygiene method, chemical/disinfection/sterilisation used dependent on level of contamination and type of organism to be removed and frequency of use. Validate the selected method to ensure that the defined hygiene programme meets industry codes of practice
K2
K3
K4
K6
K13
S2
S4
S11
B2
B7
Duty 4
DUTY: monitor and verify organisational hygiene standards to ensure validated requirements are consistently met. Implement a company wide monitoring programme through the identification of key performance indicators such as temperature of water, concentration of chemicals, water flow, water pressure and contact time of chemical/disinfection. Verification of existing standards to measure the effectiveness of the validated hygiene process e.g. real time swabbing , traditional microbiological swabbing or visual checking
K7
K9
K12
K13
K18
S5
S7
S10
S11
S15
B1
B2
B5
Duty 5
DUTY: analyse hygiene data, interpret results, identify trends and implement a programme of corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence of issues such as pathogenic or chemical contamination
K12
K17
K18
K19
S10
S14
S15
S16
B4
B5
B7
Duty 6
DUTY: work in close partnership with service providers to deliver a fully integrated service support plan, implement Service Level Agreements, follow the agreed supplier approval process, write scopes/specifications
K10
K21
S8
S18
B1
B2
B5
B8
Duty 7
DUTY: promote sustainable business practices and ensure that hygiene activities are carried out in a manner to minimise environmental impact being aware of waste stream identification and disposal, including licensing requirements, recycling and re-using, environmental permits, effluent treatment and discharge consents
K1
K15
K17
K20
S1
S14
S17
B1
B5
B6
B7
B8
Duty 8
DUTY: lead on continuous improvement projects that promote hygienic best practice, applying different continuous improvement techniques relevant to the task, such as Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, 5S, the 8 wastes
K17
S14
B4
B5
B6
Duty 9
DUTY: manage change within area of responsibility using project management techniques including the introduction of new techniques and changes to staff terms and conditions.
K11
K16
K17
S9
S13
S14
B3
B4
B5
B6
Duty 10
DUTY: manage financial budgets within area of responsibility for allocated spend of personnel, hygiene equipment and chemicals and ancillary services such as personal protective equipment
K8
K10
K21
S6
S8
B2
Duty 11
DUTY: manage and investigate incidents/accidents which impact on hygiene processes and/or environment, carry out root cause analysis to investigate causes and reduce/eliminate reoccurrence
K14
K17
S12
S14
B1
B2
B7
Duty 12
DUTY: recruit, motivate and develop members of cross-functional teams to promote an environment which contributes to the values of the organisation
K11
S9
B3
B4
Duty 13
DUTY: carry out internal audits and participate in external audits. Communicate all non-conformities to relevant stakeholders and agree corrective actions to be undertaken and assign responsibility
