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Vocational<br />

Excellence in<br />

Seafood Processing<br />

Dr Mike Dillon and Robin Keates - Humber <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Food & Fisheries,<br />

<strong>Grimsby</strong>, UK. Kate Conway, Youngs Bluecrest, <strong>Grimsby</strong>, UK.<br />

Abstract<br />

The food manufacturing workforce<br />

undertakes operations that are increasingly<br />

complex. This labour intensive sector is<br />

characteristically heavily reliant on the<br />

effectiveness <strong>of</strong> its human resources to<br />

underpin productivity. The Humber Food<br />

Centre <strong>of</strong> Vocational Excellence (CoVE) is a<br />

responsive partnership that provides<br />

frontline management with focused<br />

techniques, information and education<br />

customised to business needs. The variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> support methods on <strong>of</strong>fer includes<br />

training in-factory, ‘digital factory’ training<br />

facilities, internationally adopted s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />

tools and dedicated workplace delivery.<br />

United Nations Industrial Development<br />

Organisation (UNIDO) s<strong>of</strong>tware provides a<br />

standardised approach to recording<br />

projects which can maximise return from<br />

capital, plant and machinery, highlighting<br />

performance and reveal potential<br />

improvement areas. The project-based<br />

programmes help key workers and<br />

management to understand the implications<br />

and benefits <strong>of</strong> selected change, and<br />

encourage full participation and<br />

commitment from these personnel. Projects<br />

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