Catering Engineers

 

What Does A Catering Engineer Do? The Full Lowdown

 

Grant Shaw, Operations Director works closely with catering engineers from across the UK on a regular basis. ENSE Interviewed Grant to dig deeper and share the knowledge. Read on and follow the links through to ENSE's Blog for the full story. 

 

Grant gives some insight on:

• The role of a catering engineer

• Why catering engineers are invaluable to the industry

• How the role of a catering engineer will evolve in the years to come.

 

 

ENSE asked, 'What are the main reasons kitchen operators work with catering engineers?'

The main reason is to meet regulatory requirements. If it’s unlawful for somebody to touch a piece of equipment if they don’t have the correct accreditation, that’s why you need a specialist catering engineer there to look at it.

The other critical reason to have a catering engineer on-site is that they can risk assess every situation and maximise safety within a kitchen environment. For example, if a catering engineer decides the operator isn’t stripping down a slicer in the safest way, they will point this out and put steps in place to minimise risk.

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What does a catering engineer do besides what you just mentioned?

 

What qualifications do you look for in a catering engineer?

If they’re a gas engineer, then they must have the Core Commercial Catering Appliances 1 (COMCAT1) accreditation at an absolute minimum.

Most catering engineers are fully qualified electricians as well.

I have come across one rare case where a catering engineer is fully qualified in gas, electric, and fridge. As you can imagine, he’s got an almost godlike status in the commercial catering industry! We’re lucky to work with him.

An important point to make is that there’s a big, big difference between a standard engineer and somebody I would classify as a catering engineer.

 

 

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We'd like to thank ENSE for their in-depth interview and for sharing the industry news from the point of view of WV Howe. Grant's interview is a great read and he offers excellent advice and positivity for the industry: "It’s going to be such an exciting time for our industry in the next few years."

 

 

All interview questions and images courtesy of ENSE UK