Updated Skills Standards for Food and Beverage Industry Available Soon

Our Role Establishing Skills Insight JSC

Skills Impact held a Skills Service Organisation (SSO) role between 2016 and 2022. In 2023 we established one of ten Job and Skills Councils (JSCs), after a submission to move into the role was backed by over 200 letters of support from a broad range of industry stakeholders. This new JSC, Skills Insight, has a broader scope to deliver outcomes that support a responsive VET system and a skilled and resilient national workforce. The industry coverage of Skills Insight is similar to our past coverage as a Skills Service Organisation.

Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved, the skills standards reviewed and developed for a range of job roles across the food and beverage industry will soon be available for use.

The final draft qualifications, skill sets for the projects below are undergoing an edit and equity and quality assurance process, including being reviewed by the state training authorities (STAs). With the STA’s support, the documents will then be submitted for endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) and State/Territory Ministers. Once endorsed, the updated skills standards will be published on training.gov.au.

More information about the process and outcomes of these projects will be available soon via the project pages linked below. You will receive another newsletter update once this information is available.

Food & Beverage Processing Project

Growing consumer interest in the origins, contents, preparation and packaging of food and beverages has inspired changes in the food and beverage processing industry. With evolving methods in traceability, automation, and contaminant control, updated skills are needed for a range of job roles.

Stakeholders have been consulted throughout this project to update the qualifications and skills standards used for training in food and beverage processing.

For more information visit the project page.

Flour Milling Project

With continued demand for flour, oats, maize and other milled products, and growing interest in alternate grains, the flour milling industry has been adopting ever more sophisticated automated systems and processes.

The skills standards for this sector have been reviewed and updated as part of this project, to reflect the technical expertise required of this work, and to support flexible career pathways.

For more information, visit the project page.

High Volume Production Baking Project

Continued high demand for pastry, cakes, biscuits and bread, has been driving an increasingly digitalised and automated environment in high volume production baking facilities.

A Certificate III in High Volume Baking has been drafted as part of this project to incorporate these updated skills for all four sub-sectors of plant baking (pastry, cakes, biscuits and bread) and to reflect current industry practices and terminology.