As a Food Grader, you will need to master following:

• apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
• assess nutritional characteristics of food
• assess quality characteristics of food products
• ensure correct goods labelling
• food and beverage industry
• food legislation
• food materials
• food preservation
• food product ingredients
• food safety principles
• food safety standards
• food science
• food storage
• functional properties of foods
• grade foods
• legislation about animal origin products
• manage time in food processing operations
• perform food risk analysis
• perform food safety checks
• processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
• risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
• work in a food processing team
• work independently in service of a food production process

More generally, a food grader is also versed in:

• keep up-to-date with regulations
• perform quality audits
• perform sensory evaluation of food products
• prepare visual data
• quality assurance methodologies
• store raw food materials

It also helps to know the following:

• advice food processing professionals
• advise on food preservation
• analyse samples of food and beverages
• develop standard operating procedures in the food chain
• exert quality control to processing food
• handle communications in the food processing industry
• keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
• measure precise food processing operations
• perform detailed food processing operations
• provide food labelling expertise
• apply scientific methods
• follow hygienic procedures during food processing
• identify hazards in the workplace
• write work-related reports