Virtual Work Experience

Food and drink production job activities

The human resources manager

Creating a new product

The human resources manager talks about all the processes involved in creating a new product.
Video screenshot of a close up of ingredients

Developing a new product process

The home economist and the chef discuss a customer request for a new product.
pan of chocolate sauce on a gas hob

Creating a new recipe

The chef and the home economist produce a scratch recipe for an orange-flavoured chocolate sauce.
Video screenshot of the product being tasted.

Tasting the new recipe

The new recipe is tasted and modified to customer wants.
The food technologist at his work station

Adapting a new recipe

The food technologist explains why it is necessary to convert the scratch recipe to a production recipe.
Video screenshot of a recipe being altered for the production process.

Converting the new recipe

The scratch recipe is converted to a recipe that is suitable for use in full-scale production.
Video Screenshot of the development technologist explaining the science involved in the production process.

Development production process

The development technologist explains the science involved in the production process.
Video screenshot of the food technologist explaining the steps involved in producing a new product.

Producing a new product

The food technologist describes the steps involved in producing a new product.
Video screenshot from a pilot plant process machine

The pilot plant process

The pilot plant manager describes the initial stages of the pilot plant process.
Chocolate sauce pouring out of a nozzle into a bucket

Pilot plant process - the final stages

The pilot plant manager describes the final stages of the pilot plant process.

a sterile bag

Why sterile bags are used

The development technologist discusses why and how sterile bags are used in the production process.
Development technologist and home economist with a table of food for testing

Process for customer testing

The development technologist and the home economist discuss the plans for customer testing.
Marketing operations manager testing the chocolate sauce

Customers test the sample

The customer representatives test the samples of the new orange flavoured chocolate sauce.

3 bakery workers sampling hot cross buns

The sampling process

The bakery apprentice describes and demonstrates the sampling process.
The marketing operations manager

How the price is calculated

The marketing operations manager describes how the price of the new product is calculated.
Customer service manager and production planner having a discussion

Discussing a customer order

The customer service manager and the production planner discuss the customer requirements.
Video screenshot of the production manager explaining the production process from start to finish.

The production process

The production manager describes the end-to-end production process.
Video screenshot of the production manager describing the packaging process in detail.

The packaging process

The production manager describes the packaging process in detail.