New Zealand Certificate in Primary Products Food Processing with strands in Laboratory Skills, Environmental Systems, and Product Quality Auditing

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the primary products food processing sectors with competent employees who have the skills and knowledge to carry out laboratory, environmental, or quality assurance technical tasks in a primary products food processing operation.

The qualification will support career opportunities for those individuals who are working in experienced positions in either laboratory operations, environmental systems, or product quality auditing.

The qualification is stranded to recognise the specific skills and knowledge to work in either laboratory operations, environmental systems, or product quality auditing, and further reflect the requirements of their specific job role.

The primary products food processing industries and the community will benefit from the establishment of standards of specialist technical performance for specific primary products food processing operations, which will provide domestic and international markets with confidence in a quality range of primary food products.

Graduates will be capable of working in a self-managed capacity and may have some responsibility for the performance of others.

Primary ITO aims to help New Zealand’s primary sector flourish by growing people’s skills. We lead work-based education and training across the many industries in the primary sector.

We firmly believe that on-the-job training is the future of learning

That can be supported by online and in-person learning where those are the best options. People earn while they learn, and businesses get value from their staff from day one. Better skills enable people to be more productive and lead more fulfilling and rewarding work lives. 

We support people throughout the country

In 2023, we had around 14,000 learners at around 4500 different workplaces around the country. At Primary ITO, we pride ourselves on being up driveways, at the end of dirt roads, on the factory floor, online or in the classroom. Whatever it takes to support our learners.

We support learners from start to finish

We support learners all the way from introductory programmes and our schools-based Trades Academy, through to apprenticeships and management diplomas.

We design training and assessment for the workplace, so employees can learn on the job while gaining real-world industry experience. 

Our team of experts do several things

• They help businesses and their staff choose the right programme to equip learners with the right skills, knowledge and experience.
• They support learners and external training providers as learners complete their qualifications.
  
• They help assess learners and ensure they complete all the required training.

Interested in finding out more or, ready to enquire? Please visit: www.primaryito.ac.nz, email: [email protected] or, call us on: 0800 208020.