The Victorian Food Industry Training Board is the Industry Training Advisory Body (ITAB) for the food processing industries.
To ensure there is strong industry leadership of the training system, the Victorian Government funds a network of 16 ITABs which are experts on training needs and delivery in their particular industries.
ITABs provide authoritative, independent information on training needs, and promote skills development and take-up of training by businesses in their industries.
The Skills Victoria website has further details about the ITAB network and its role in the Victorian training system.
VFITB is a bipartite, not for profit board, whose primary role is the provision of advice to government agencies, industry and the learning community on skills, education and training for the following sectors:
Plant, non-plant baking and retailing of bread, biscuits, cakes and pastry products.
Still and carbonated drinks, fruit juices, cordials, health/sport drinks, beers and pre-mixed alcoholic drinks.
Chocolate, lollies and gum.
Includes milk processing, cheese, yoghurt, ice cream and milk powder.
Includes vegetable oils such as soya bean, sunflower, canola, cotton seed and palm oil as well as edible tallow. This sector supplies a diverse range of products to other food manufacturers, caterers and the hospitality industry.
Fresh, canned, frozen, dried and other packaged products.
Cereal foods, essences and flavours, food ingredients, frozen foods, health foods, ice cream cones, mustards, nuts, pasta products, pet food, potato chips, salt, spices, sugar, tea and coffee and materials used in other food sectors.
Fresh, frozen and other processed/packaged meats and smallgoods, includes meat retailing.
Products used in other food industry sectors, stockfeed and of value added export products.
Processing and packaging, includes some raw material production.
Fresh, frozen and other packaged poultry meat and manufactured poultry products.
Fresh, frozen and other packaged seafood and manufactured seafood products.
Wine and spirit production and processing of by-products.
An interactive approach to Food Industry communication and safety
From Gordon Institute of TAFE:
Promotion packs of the “How do you know?”, Literacy in the Workplace resource were distributed in early October 2009 across Australia to 38 TAFEs and 45 RTOs listed/registered on the NTIS as delivering Food [...]
From AgriFood Skills Australia:
AgriFood Skills Australia is currently reviewing the Food Processing Training Package and as part of that review has decided to review the coverage of cheese making, including if required the development of new units of competency or a qualification to support cheese making in Australia.
Feedback must be returned by [...]
From the Dairy Australia website:
Victoria’s dairy producers triumphed at the 2010 Australian Grand Dairy Awards held at Carousel, Albert Park today, taking seven out of the twenty Champion titles in the categories of Dairy and Cheese, and winning the coveted title [...]
RMIT University has converted its existing Certificate IV in Food Science and Technology course into a 2 year part time program which is delivered directly into the workplace by flexible delivery (e-learning and print based) and assessed via workplace based projects. [...]
The Baking Industry Association of Victoria (BIAV) will be hosting it’s annual Easter in the Fruit Bowl event on Saturday, 20th and Sunday 21st of February.
[This is a] national event proudly sponsored by EOI Bakery and Oostra Spices. This highly successful annual event is becoming a firm favourite for both regional and metropolitan participants as [...]
The ABC website is hosting a short Salmonella Food Safety quiz on their website.
Do you know whether it’s chocolate mousse or baked custard that’s more likely to cause salmonella? Take our food safety quiz and learn how to enjoy your next picnic, without having to worry about uninvited ‘guests’.
Click here to take the quiz on [...]
AgriFood Skills Australia is seeking feedback on drafts of the Cert IV and Diploma level Food Science and Technology qualifications.
There are new units in many specialist areas including: Confectionery, Poultry and Dairy Processing, within this new suite of qualifications. Deadline for comment: 16 February.
The proposed national training package qualifications are intended to [...]
In December 2009, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed a new Green Skills Agreement.
[The Agreement] will enable individuals and businesses to contribute to a sustainable, low-carbon economy in their workplaces and communities.
The Agreement commits the Australian and state and territory governments to working with training organisations and business to ensure [...]
Throughout 2009, the VFITB in conjunction with MESAB and supported by Skills Victoria, conducted a project to explore training options for Mechanical Trades people in the Food Processing industry. We are pleased to publish the final report and receive feedback from interested parties. In the first half of this year we will be promoting the [...]
From Peter Bush of the Food Technology Association of Australia (FTAA)
Food Science and Technology Education Forum
SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES
The FST Education Forum was held at CSIRO, FNS, Werribee on the 24th November 2009. It was attended by 46 delegates who represented Universities offering FST, TAFEs offering FST, Regional Development Victoria, representatives of the food industry and [...]
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