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A day in the life of…
an assessment co-ordinator

Angela / Assessment
                
Co-ordinator

 

Today I’ve had an email question from the head chef of a city-centre hotel. He knows what a difference a healthyliving award will make and he’s asking me about how his own logo will work with ours.
It’s a bit tricky – I can see that he doesn’t want to lose the impact of his logo but still wants to get the benefit from ours. I come up with a compromise which shows off their logo prominently, but makes sure our green apple is easy to spot next to healthyliving choices. I’m sure this answer will keep him happy.
The phone rings and I can hardly hear what’s being said for the noise in the background. I’m a bit confused until I remember it’s a children’s soft play centre who are working towards their award. The manager is very keen because, naturally, a lot of the people bringing their noisy little customers want to give them healthy food and drink. She thinks it’ll give her the competitive edge too. She wants to know about which drinks can be classed as healthyliving. I’m happy to tell her that any low-fat milk, water and unsweetened fruit juice can. She’s asked if I’ll help by checking a juice mix they use in a machine which was fine as it was unsweetened fruit juice concentrate.

 
I’ve barely started planning the training for the next batch of inspectors when the phone goes again.
This time it’s the manager of a college refectory which achieved their award some time ago.
They want to introduce a new Caesar salad-based dish to their menu and he’s asking if their dressing meets the criteria. I’m pleased to be able to reassure him that the bought-in low fat dressing is suitable.

Meanwhile, an email has arrived from a coffee shop which is working towards earning their award.

The soups they sell are not made on site but are bought in chilled so the owner isn’t certain how healthy they are.

I advise her to check the labels against our criteria to see if they are suitable. She wasn’t too confident at doing it herself so I helped her out and we found that they were all healthy.
 
I’ve just time to grab my coat before heading off to visit the staff restaurant at a major employer.
I take my time strolling in to get the feel of the place from a customer’s point of view.

I’m pleased to notice that our apple logo works really well on their menus at the entrance. It looks fantastic.
However, I’m a bit dismayed to see that they don’t use it anywhere else. I explain that they can also use the stickers we supply on some of the shelves and on individual products such as fresh fruit salads.

This is a really good visit because the chef is really keen to make things as healthy as possible.

On my way back, I pop in to a hospital canteen and I’m really excited to see that they have set out an information point table at the door about the award.

They’ve used empty containers of products that they used to use and the ones which have replaced them.
It gets our message across really clearly and looks fantastic. I have a cup of coffee with the manager who tells me customers say the find it useful.

As we sit there I see several people having a good look at it.

It’s another busy day, but once again I’m satisfied we are really making a difference to how the people of Scotland eat and making it easier to be healthy.
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