Food and beverage processing

Food and beverage processing

The  food and beverage processing programmes provide nationally recognised  qualifications that combine practical workplace training with technical  knowledge. They equip people with the skills to work in entry level or  production roles in the food or beverage processing sectors, handling,  preparing, packaging, storing, and controlling processes for food and drink  products. Training covers operating equipment, working within hygiene and  food safety systems, quality procedures, and workplace safety.

Benefits of these programmes

  • Nationally recognised  qualifications built to industry standards
  • A blend of practical training and  technical knowledge
  • Coverage of safety, compliance, and environmental responsibility
  • Build skills in food safety and hygiene, operating processing or packaging equipment, handling and storage of raw materials and products, and quality control
  • Ability to work productively from early stages, with clear progression into roles with more responsibility as process control, quality systems and efficiency demands increase
  • Designed to meet the ongoing needs of a modern, high-demand industry.

Qualifications available

Programmes available

What do they do?

Food and beverage manufacturing workers make flour products (miller), beer products (brewery worker) or food products. They typically work in factories or on large production lines and with more experience can become production managers in their area of expertise.

A typical day

Typically an eight-hour day or shift work.

Food manufacturing workers work on different parts of the production line, learning specific skills for each role.

You may also undertake training on specialist equipment and may learn to make minor repairs and maintain the equipment you use.

Sound like you?

Study areas
  • English
  • Economics
  • Food or Nutrition
  • Physical Education or Health.
Attributes
  • Confident communicator
  • Good literacy and numeracy
  • Good initiative/‘can do’ attitude
  • Good work habits/time
    management.
Helpful experience
  • Customer service or helping people
  • Working with machinery
  • Working with computers.
Preferred work environments
  • Inside (workshop or plant)
  • One place everyday.

Pathway

School

There are no minimum entry requirements

  • Food Technology – Health and Safety
Entry level jobs

Traineeship

  • Process Worker
  • Miller
  • Brewery Worker.
Advancing jobs

Higher learning

  • Team Leader
  • Specialist Technical Advisor
  • Plant Supervisor
  • Production Manager
  • Teacher/Tutor.
Senior jobs

Higher learning

  • Business Manager
  • Business Owner.

Ready to get Started?

Food and Beverage Processing learning has been designed in close partnership with industry to ensure your people work productively and safely throughout their careers with you.

These qualifications reward your employees’ achievement as they master the skills you need. They are flexible, practical, and designed with the future in mind.

When your employees have mastered the early stages, these qualifications dovetail neatly into advanced general manufacturing learning, to give you even greater support for quality and productivity improvements in your business.

What’s in it for your business?

Food and Beverage Processing learning ensures your people are safe and productive from the outset while maintaining the quality standards required.

Because the learning is delivered on-the-job, your people learn exactly what’s required to fulfil their functions expertly, within your business.

Workplace-based Food and Beverage Processing qualifications deliver increased quality and productivity while complementing and maintaining your people’s core skills.

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