New Zealand Certificate in Dairy Processing
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Subject area
Food (excluding Seafood) Processing Technology
Qualification
Check out Fees Free to see whether you are eligible for a year of fees-free study or two years industry training. Contact your provider to confirm your study options meet the criteria.
Entry requirements
None.
About the course
What can I expect out of this qualification?
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the dairy processing sector with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to work as competent operators supervising dairy processing operations. This may include producing products such as cheese, ice cream, milk powder, milk protein, drinking milk or involved in packing, environment, or milk collection.
Learners will benefit by having a qualification within a training pathway that recognises progression through the dairy processing industry, as well as increased skills and knowledge acquisition to enable improved job performance and support career opportunities.
This qualification is targeted at personnel with experience in the dairy processing industry, who want to further develop their skills, knowledge, and have career progression opportunities.
The optional strands in this qualification recognises the skills and knowledge required to be able to operate the automated clean in place system and heat treatment process in a dairy products processing plant.
What graduates earn
Graduates who studied Engineering and Related Technologies at this level can earn:
$31,000
Median earnings one year after study
$35,000
Median earnings two years after study
$42,000
Median earnings five years after study
Status one year after study
Employment rate two years after study
60%
Employment rate two years after study
Scholarship information
Examples of related scholarships
Transpower Rural Communities Trust Tertiary Grant
Provided by:
Rural Communities Trust
Website:
http://www.ruralcommunitiestrust.org.nz
Value:
So far, almost 1,000 grants have been approved, totaling well over $600,000.
Elsie and Laura Lehmann Trust
Provided by:
Massey University
Website:
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/admission/scholarships-bursaries-awards/
Value:
At the discretion of the Selection Committee
This information comes from Generosity New Zealand. For more scholarships, search their givME database (formerly called BreakOut) via your college, university or local library website.
Contact details
Main Campus Office
Free phone: 0800 691 111
Phone: (08) 00 20 80 20
Fax: (04) 801 9626
Email: info@primaryito.ac.nz
Web: http://www.primaryito.ac.nz
The MyQ data is compiled by the Tertiary Education Commission based on responses to the MyQ survey provided by recent graduates of this qualification.
NZQA supplies all other information based on material from the provider.