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
Programmes available
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.
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.

There are no minimum entry requirements
Traineeship
Higher learning
Higher learning
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.
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.
