Experience

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  Consulting and Training

  • the UAE

  • Food Hygiene Consultant/Trainer

    • 2006 - Present
    • the UAE

    • Advise food handlers on the proper food handling practices and ensure their observance. • Liaise with contractors, third party contractors and agencies regarding hygiene management.• Prepare the regular administrative plans required to ensure optimum minimization of the organization's risks and compliance to hygiene policies, standards and procedures.• Support clients’ specific public food initiatives.• Ensure that all specific sanitation risks are identified and appropriate risk plans are implemented.• Ensure that best practices, lessons learned and alerts are available and distributed to all concerned.• Prepare, review, and update environmental investigation and recommendation reports.• Obtain, update, and maintain plans, permits, and standard operating procedures.• Select raw materials and other ingredients from suppliers.• Audit suppliers and coordinate that measures taken are in compliance with rules and regulations.• Deal with any customer complaint investigations or product issues.• Undertake long-term projects with other departments, e.g. reducing waste by improving efficiency.

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  wamo foodsafety consultancy co.

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Owner

    • Jan 2005 - Present
    • United Arab Emirates

    Beside my position as manager of Wamo Food safety Co., I do training of food handlers in catering, restaurants and cafeterias.I also deliver, the training of HABC packages of foods safety, and PIC training as well as CIEH packages of PIC training, and food hygiene.

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  wamo food safety consultancy co.

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Manager

    • Jan 1981 - Present
    • United Arab Emirates

    1. Preparing plans and programs for developing and supervising the department.2. Preparing the department budget.3. Representing Municipality in meetings and conferences related to public health.4. Organizing market survey sampling of food items subject to laboratory analysis.5. Follow up the results of laboratory analysis .6. Preparing reports and conducting an appraisal for sectors inspectors and employees.7. Solving the problems that faces the inspectors through participating in field visits made to the shops and food outlets.8. Communicating with other Municipalities directly such Head of public health departments, Head of laboratories. 9. Supervising and planing with the units: Veterinary Unit Cervices and Public Education in the department, as well as the Environmental Section.10. Enhance the level of monitoring on food products, as well as controlling their quality, hygiene standards and validity dates.11. Setting up work interim plans and strategies.12. Cooperation with mass media to get the best out of newspapers, magazines, radios, and television in promoting health awareness.13. Holding symposiums and discussions to promote health awareness.14. Setting up a collective educational program that deals with the issue of food safety production, manufacturing, processing, storing, and their health services.15. Assess whether food safety program is adequate and check that the business is following all parts of the food safety program.16.Carrying out food activity/business consultanctancyfor public demand to ensure that satisfactory standards of food hygiene and food safety are achieved and maintained on a day to day basis.

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  Sharjah Municipality

  • the UAE

  • Head of Public Health Department

    • 1987 - 2005
    • the UAE

    • Worked with the Board of Health, staff and other stakeholders to develop and articulate a vision for public health and the organization, and encouraged others to share the vision.• Assured the integration of the Board of Health into the transforming food health system.• Articulated and modeled professional values and ethics• Facilitated organizational mission development and reassessment• Developed policies and processes that translate mission and vision into action.• Identified and analyzed public health policy issues and alternatives.• Guided the community and organization in seeking policy change and action on public food issues.• Translated policy decisions into organizational and community programs and services.• Guided and mediated the investigation and resolution of conflict within the organization and with other governmental agencies and community stakeholders.

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  Sharjah Municipality

  • the UAE

  • Head of Solid Waste and Pest Control Department

    • 1981 - 1985
    • the UAE

    • Estimated time, materials and personnel needed for pest treatment at a site; conferred with administrators and other personnel to schedule optimum time for pesticide treatment.• Maintained records of inspections and treatments.• Worked closely and cooperate with personnel from other agencies having inspection and enforcement authority over pest control equipment and chemicals. • Tested and evaluated new chemicals, methods and equipment and recommend those best suited to District requirements and mandated by law. • Made presentations at meetings to municipality board personnel to advise them on the purpose, hazards and safety of pesticide treatments• Discussed violations and unsafe conditions with facility representative, made recommendations, and instructed in safety practices.• Prepared reports of inspections performed, violations and recommendations for eliminating food hazards.

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  Department of Plant Protection and Locust Control of East Africa

  • Somalia

  • Head of Pest Control Section

    • 1970 - 1980
    • Somalia

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  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

  • Wordlwide

  • Participant

    • 1970 - 1975
    • Wordlwide