Food Manufacturing Jobs

Manufacturing in the Food Industry covers a wide range of disciplines from food production, agriculture, packaging to retail and catering. The area that most people associate with food manufacturing is food production, which takes raw materials to be processed for human consumption. Although this is a major sector it is just one part of a much larger chain.

Food Manufacture begins with the agricultural source, which includes various roles within arable and livestock farming. Scientific developments have advanced modern farming enormously in the last few decades, with improved strains of wheat, agrochemical development and genetic engineering just a few examples. Although progress is still being made in these fields there has been an increased demand for organic foods, which demand a different but equally specialised knowledge.

As well as farming itself areas such as storage and distribution need to be managed. Each type of food source needs specialist knowledge of the product life cycle, pricing, positioning and product planning. Roles like this require relevant qualifications, good communications skills and IT skills.

Food processing covers all aspects of food preparation from milk pasteurisation to the production of complete ready-meals. Food production methods include beer brewing, bread baking, cheese production, crisp making, breakfast cereal baking, meatpacking and sugar refining. Each process requires specialist knowledge appropriate to each area and as such, requires people qualified and experienced in these areas. Production techniques vary in scale and complexity from hand-baked cakes to mass-produced ready meals, and there is a demand for roles in all areas including PR, marketing, and sales forecasting.

A vital part of the food production process is to improve food safety and allow products to be preserved allowing for the transportation of perishable foods. This in turn increases the scale of the market of foods that previously had a limited geographical reach. This needs the management of product distribution, life-cycle, sales and marketing skills.

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