This qualification is tailored to those working food processing and manufacturing outlets and covers a wide range of environments from bakeries ready meal production in small or large operations. General duties include the production of food products to meet customer specifications – this will involve hands on preparation of the product, maintaining food hygiene and health and safety regulations as well as cleaning, packaging and dispatch of the finished product.

Our Level 3 Food Technologist Apprenticeship gives you the chance to gain a Level 3 Diploma in Food Technology and enhance your career prospects within the food and drink industry. The course has been carefully designed to meet the needs of the food and drink industry to develop your core skills, knowledge and behaviours in food science and technology.

If you aspire to being a specialist in new product development or food quality or a technical manager working in the food science industry, then this could be the course for you!
This apprenticeship is ideal if you are employed by a grower, in a large or small food manufacturer or by a retailer and are working in a laboratory, development or factory based role.
You will gain knowledge of legislation and regulations in the food and drink industry, audit processes, food chemistry and microbiology whilst developing your skills in risk management, product trials, sensory evaluation and much more.

This standard focuses on making sure food and drink products are of the right quality and safe to eat and drink. This 3 year apprenticeship is based at our Holbeach campus and awards an Advanced Apprenticeship Level 3 Diploma in Food Technology.

Your learning journey will cover many aspects such as; managing the performance of teams and individuals, working as part of a hospitality management team to achieve strategic goals, managing compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements, and managing own professional development within an organisation.

Specialist areas in hospitality include food and beverage service, serving alcoholic beverages, barista, food preparation, housekeeping, concierge and guest services, reception, reservations and conference and banqueting.

The majority of supervisors’ skills and knowledge are the same, but supervisors may specialise in specific functions or work across a variety of functions which reflect the multi-functional nature of the industry.

This qualification is designed primarily for learners in the meat and poultry industry who wish to develop intermediate skills and knowledge required to confirm occupational competence at work.

The qualification provides choice in a wide range of automated or manual processing techniques or distribution, service and retail skills to confirm occupational competence.

This qualification is designed primarily for learners in the meat and poultry industry who wish to develop advanced skills and knowledge required to confirm occupational competence at work.

The qualification provides choice in a wide range of control, monitoring and management of processing operations or distribution, service and retail operations to confirm occupational competence.

This qualification is an Award requiring achievement of 8 credits. Candidates are encouraged to work at their own pace following individual programmes of learning. The length of time taken to complete will depend upon many factors but we expect most candidates to complete within 3 - 6 months.

Your learning journey will cover many aspects such as; maintaining a safe, hygienic and secure working environment, working effectively as part of a hospitality team, maintaining, handling and cleaning knives, maintaining food safety in a hospitality environment, and preparing, cooking and finishing a wide range of basic dishes.

Your learning journey will cover many aspects such as; maintaining food safety, the health, hygiene, safety and security of the working environment, developing productive working relationships with colleagues in a hospitality environment, and preparing, cooking and finishing a wide range of complex dishes. You will also need to take some responsibility for the planning and supervision of other peoples work.