Virtual Work Experience
Food and drink production job activities
Creating a new product
The human resources manager talks about all the processes involved in creating a new product.
Developing a new product process
The home economist and the chef discuss a customer request for a new product.
Creating a new recipe
The chef and the home economist produce a scratch recipe for an orange-flavoured chocolate sauce.
Tasting the new recipe
The new recipe is tasted and modified to customer wants.
Adapting a new recipe
The food technologist explains why it is necessary to convert the scratch recipe to a production recipe.
Converting the new recipe
The scratch recipe is converted to a recipe that is suitable for use in full-scale production.
Development production process
The development technologist explains the science involved in the production process.
Producing a new product
The food technologist describes the steps involved in producing a new product.
The pilot plant process
The pilot plant manager describes the initial stages of the pilot plant process.
Pilot plant process - the final stages
The pilot plant manager describes the final stages of the pilot plant process.
Why sterile bags are used
The development technologist discusses why and how sterile bags are used in the production process.
Process for customer testing
The development technologist and the home economist discuss the plans for customer testing.
Customers test the sample
The customer representatives test the samples of the new orange flavoured chocolate sauce.
The sampling process
The bakery apprentice describes and demonstrates the sampling process.
How the price is calculated
The marketing operations manager describes how the price of the new product is calculated.
Discussing a customer order
The customer service manager and the production planner discuss the customer requirements.
The production process
The production manager describes the end-to-end production process.
The packaging process
The production manager describes the packaging process in detail.