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Receptionist

Thando Magagula

Quality Controller/Assurance
Durban

Summary

Enthusiastic individual, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and strong work ethic. Clear understanding of food safety standards, food production and quality control.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Quality Controller/Assurance

PepsiCo (Sasko Durban Mill)
06.2024 - Current
  • Verification Of CCPS and OPRPS
  • Investigations On Red Alert and Customer Investigations
  • Raising and closing off non-Conformances on Tempo system
  • Conducting Food Safety Inductions and Food Safety Trainings and updating of training matrix
  • Conducting Monthly Hand Swabs, Quarterly Surface Swabs, Quarterly Water Sampling, Annual Sans 241, Annual Pesticide Residues, Annual Heavy Metals, Air Plates and Multi Mycotoxins and allergen testing
  • Verifying of QC records of all department
  • Conducting Food Safety, Hygiene and Pest Inspections
  • Responsible For the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program (IPM Champion)
  • Supplier performance monitoring on service providers including pest control and cleaning
  • Implementation and monitoring of Food Safety Management Systems, Ensuring full Compliance with Industry Standards, HACCP Guidelines, and Regulatory requirements.
  • Assisting with risk assessments
  • Preparing for Internal and External Audits, Including FSSC and AIB (American Institute of Baking) Audits, Ensuring Thorough Preparation and timely Corrective Actions for Any Non-Compliance Findings.
  • Facilitate Food Safety and Hygiene training for all employees, fostering a culture of Food Safety throughout the Organization.
  • Maintained Pest Management logs and coordinated pest control Interventions to minimize contamination risks.
  • Participated In Food Safety meetings and management Reviews to ensure alignment with Food Safety Policies and Industry Standards.
  • Assist to food defense plan, threat assessments, food defense team duties as stipulated by FSSC standard (VACCP and TACCP)

Conducting GMP inspections on a daily basis

Quality control officer

Chester wholesale meat
11.2021 - 06.2024
  • Monitoring production line and checking on critical control points to ensure accurate production and packing products
  • Conducting non-conformance reports on products that don’t meet specifications
  • Conducting traceability and weights checklist reports of braai wors and burger patty production
  • Receiving of meat products and making sure product received is within specifications of temperature and quality
  • Making sure all products received are frozen or chilled as per specification
  • Environmental and temperature checks to make sure all cold rooms and freezers are functioning correctly and within specification
  • Performing daily hygiene checks to make sure all standards are maintained
  • Training of all manufacturing and distribution staff
  • Monitoring all glass, plastics and ceramics integrity and reporting non conformances
  • Monitoring packing of products
  • Monitoring x-ray machine for any foreign products (glass, metal and stone) and making sure machine can detect
  • Inspection of products loaded in trucks for dispatch
  • Filing of checklists
  • Booking for imported products for inspection by State Vet
  • Sampling of imported products as per request by State Vet
  • Internal auditing
  • Checking of all containers before offloading

Food Service assistant

Fedics
05.2017 - 10.2017
  • Practiced proper food safety and sanitation standards
  • Trained staff on hygiene, food safety and proper use of equipment and proper food handling
  • Received food orders from cashiers and cooked items quickly to complete entire order together and serve hot
  • Assisted head cook on preparation and presentation of food for patients and staff
  • Prepared food in coffee shop and operated cash register

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Consumer Science: Food & Nutrition

Durban University of Technology
Durban, South Africa
05-2019

National Diploma - Consumer Science: Food & Nutrition

Durban University of Technology
Durban, South Africa
02.2015 - 05.2018

GRADE 12 - undefined

ALEXANDRA HIGH SCHOOL
01.2010 - 11.2014

Skills

Strong work ethic

Certification

Implementation of a Food Safety program (HACCP) based on FSSC 22000 requirements Ver 4.1, ISO 22000:2005, ISO/TS 22000-1: 2009 & 5 Keys to safe food.

Timeline

Quality Controller/Assurance

PepsiCo (Sasko Durban Mill)
06.2024 - Current

Quality control officer

Chester wholesale meat
11.2021 - 06.2024

Food Service assistant

Fedics
05.2017 - 10.2017

National Diploma - Consumer Science: Food & Nutrition

Durban University of Technology
02.2015 - 05.2018

GRADE 12 - undefined

ALEXANDRA HIGH SCHOOL
01.2010 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Consumer Science: Food & Nutrition

Durban University of Technology
Thando MagagulaQuality Controller/Assurance