Food Technician Apprenticeship
Burnage Academy for Boys
Manchester (M19 1ER)
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 July 2025
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Summary
To support teaching and learning in the Food Technology department by preparing resources, maintaining equipment and facilities, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and assisting teachers and students during practical food lessons.
- Wage
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£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Food industry technologist (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday
8.30am - 4pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Technical Support in Food Technology
- Prepare and set up food ingredients, utensils, and equipment for practical lessons and demonstrations.
- Assist teachers with food demonstrations and support pupils during practical activities.
- Retrieve, clean, sterilise, and store reusable items safely and hygienically.
- Ensure a clean, organised and safe working environment in food rooms and preparation areas.
- Develop or adapt teaching resources such as worksheets or recipes under teacher guidance.
- Conduct simple practical demonstrations when appropriate.
Equipment and Inventory Management
- Maintain and repair food technology equipment as needed; coordinate external servicing where necessary.
- Monitor stock levels and order ingredients and supplies in line with departmental needs and budgets.
- Maintain accurate inventories and safety records for all food-related equipment and materials.
Where you'll work
Burnage Lane
Burnage
Manchester
M19 1ER
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CQM TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Your training course
Food industry technologist (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Implement and maintain risk management systems (for example, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).
- Review and maintain technical procedures for food businesses.
- Use a range of IT systems to analyse and interpret data to identify trends and drive Continuous Improvement (CI).
- Provide and interpret management data and information (reports and presentations).
- Conduct sensory evaluation activities.
- Contribute to Continuous Improvement (CI).
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
- Use problem solving techniques and investigation methods, including root cause analysis.
- Influence and negotiate with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders using technical language and methods appropriate to the audience.
- Check raw materials, packaging and finished product quality against legislative requirements and specification.
- Monitor and review manufacturing standards and parameters.
- Support trials on new and existing products.
- Investigate product non-conformance and recommend corrective action.
- Contribute to the development and innovation of new and existing products.
- Plan and produce samples suitable for all stages of the new and existing development process.
- Contribute to the creation of product specifications and label content.
- Contribute to the identification and selection of parameters for sensory analysis and shelf life evaluation.
- Apply agreed standards to compare and evaluate against samples.
- Compile product costings.
- Conduct food product audits against standards and recommend areas for improvement.
- Conduct food process audits against standards and identify non-conformities and recommendations for improvement.
- Measure environmental conditions throughout the food manufacturing process and escalate non-conformities that could impact food safety and product quality.
- Evaluate raw materials against agreed parameters and report non-conformities.
- Measure and evaluate adherence to quality processing systems and standards.
- Identify and communicate products and process issues and make recommendations for corrective action.
- Oversee the implementation of corrective action to address product and process issues.
- Carry out internal audits and participate in external audits.
- Investigate and resolve problems, including customer complaints or quality issues.
- Implement and maintain risk management systems (for example, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).
- Review and maintain technical procedures for food businesses.
- Use a range of IT systems to analyse and interpret data to identify trends and drive Continuous Improvement (CI).
- Provide and interpret management data and information (reports and presentations).
- Conduct sensory evaluation activities.
- Contribute to Continuous Improvement (CI).
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
- Use problem solving techniques and investigation methods, including root cause analysis.
- Influence and negotiate with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders using technical language and methods appropriate to the audience.
- Check raw materials, packaging and finished product quality against legislative requirements and specification.
- Monitor and review manufacturing standards and parameters.
- Support trials on new and existing products.
- Investigate product non-conformance and recommend corrective action.
Your training plan
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Food and Nutrition (grade 4)A Level in:
Food Science and Nutrition (grade C)Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Burnage Academy for Boys is a hard-working and energetic school, and we are currently at a particularly exciting point in our history. It is important to nurture a supportive team right across the school, helping colleagues to deliver the highest quality education for our pupils. Working in education is incredibly rewarding. Many of the benefits of a career in the sector cannot be measured, such as the satisfaction of helping a pupil reach their potential, or the pride in being part of a strong team that consistently goes the extra mile. However, we recognise that it is not without challenge, and staff wellbeing is incredibly important to us at Burnage Academy for Boys. Staff here enjoy a range of benefits, including: - Wellbeing days (one per term) in order to support staff mental health and work life balance. - Access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice through our free Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme, including confidential 24-hour support. - Supportive CPD-focused appraisal process, led by the appraisee. - A comprehensive in-school mentoring programme for PGCE, ITT and ECTs. - Access to final salary pension scheme. - All Staff Christmas Shopping Day. - Access to BAFB Employee Benefits Platform, giving discount at a range of shops and supermarkets (both online and in-store). - Discounted gym memberships. - Staff Social Events and Treats. - Wellness Services - Flu Jab Vouchers - Free on site parking.
After this apprenticeship
Opportunities in food technology, catering, and related fields.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Burnage Academy for Boys
Lauren Hassall
l.hassall@burnage.manchester.sch.uk
01614321527
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330569.
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Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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