New Zealand Certificate in Dairy Processing

Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Subject area

Food (excluding Seafood) Processing Technology

Qualification

Check out Fees Free to see whether you are eligible for a year of fees-free study or two years industry training. Contact your provider to confirm your study options meet the criteria.

Entry requirements

None.

About the course

What can I expect out of this qualification?

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the dairy processing sector with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to work as operators supervising dairy processing operations. This may include producing products such as cheese, ice cream, milk powder, milk protein, drinking milk or involved in packing, environment, or milk collection.

Learners will benefit by having a qualification within a training pathway that recognises progression through the dairy processing industry, as well as increased skills and knowledge acquisition to enable improved job performance and support career opportunities.

This qualification is targeted at personnel with experience in the dairy processing industry, who want to further develop their skills, knowledge, and have career progression opportunities.

The optional strands in this qualification recognise the skills and knowledge required to be able to operate the automated clean in place system and heat treatment process in a dairy products processing plant. Learners may complete one or both optional strands.

Graduates will be able to work as operators in the dairy processing sector, supervising processing operations producing products such as cheese, ice cream, milk powder, milk protein, drinking milk or involved in packing, environment, or milk collection.