ANZSCO 234212: Food Technologist
Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: A)
Job description
A Food Technologist develops new, and improves existing, food products, and sets standards for producing, packaging, and marketing food.
Job Duties
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Developing practical applications of experimental and research findings
- Testing food products for flavour, colour, taste, texture, and nutritional content
- Advising on preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods
- Developing quality control procedures and safety standards for the manufacture of food products.
Additional tasks may include:
New Product Development:
- Conducting experiments and testing to identify the chemical composition and reactive properties of natural substances or processed materials.
- Developing procedures, instruments, recording and testing systems to be used in experiments.
- Analysing or conducting research to develop theories, techniques, and processes, and testing the reliability of these under various conditions.
- Preparing or supervising the preparation of laboratory reports, scientific papers and reports on specifications and standards.
Quality Assurance:
- Developing and monitoring quality control procedures for the manufacture of products in plants or factories
- Advising on preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods
- May supervise and coordinate the work of technicians.
Employment information
Food Technologists (or Food Scientists) are professionals who research, develop, and oversee the production of food products and processes. They may specialise in new product development, quality assurance, flavour and ingredient research and product packaging/shelf life. Food Technologists generally work in food manufacturing and research organisations. They use equipment such as spectrometers, analysers, refractometers, titrators, and kitchen appliances (e.g. refrigerators, blenders and ovens).
Qualification
AQF bachelor’s degree or higher degree. This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
- » Food Science & Technology
- » Nutrition
- » Food Processing Technology
- » Food Engineering
- » Dietetics
Qualifications in the fields listed below may be considered on a case-by-case basis if the program contains sufficient subjects in Food Science and is followed by at least one year of highly relevant employment in either food research or a food manufacturing setting.
- » Biotechnology
- » Chemistry
- » Chemical Engineering
Criteria for a positive Skills Assessment
Please note in order to achieve a successful skills assessment outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
- This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) bachelor’s degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
- Applicants must also have at least one year of highly relevant, post-qualification employment, at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.
Reference: vetassess.com.au
Skill Assessment AssistanceDocuments Requirement
The following is a summary of the documentation list that you need in order to submit your application for the skill assessment. Please visit VETASSESS for a comprehensive list of all of the document requirements. Documents in a language other than English have to be translated by a professional translator first.
- Passport and passport photo
- Proof of identity, including a national ID or driver’s license
- qualification certificate and academic transcript.
- employment evidence, including an employment letter, payslips, tax return and superannuation.
Processing Time
The full skills assessment process for this occupation will take between 12 and 20 weeks from the date you submit and pay for the application to VETASSESS. The time it takes to finish depends on how quickly VETASSESS get all of the required documents and any other information from you. Making sure you've given all the necessary documents in the right format will help cut down on the time it takes to process.
What will I get after the assessment?
When your application for a skills assessment is done, the assessing authority will send you an email with a soft copy of the skills assessment outcome letter.
The letter should contain the required skill level outcome, whether your qualification is assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) or not. Furthermore, it outlines the employment period that you have claimed and whether the evidence that you provided is met or not. If you meet both the qualifications and employment criteria for the skill assessment, you will get a positive result. If you don't, you will get an unsuccessful result.
Application Fees
The following table provides an outline of the fees that are charged by VETASSESS in accordance with it for the purpose of their service of full skill assessments for professional occupations.
| Application Fees – Full Skills Assessment | |
| Applicant is a resident of Australia for tax purposes* (fee includes GST) | AUD $1058.20 |
| Applicant is NOT a resident of Australia for tax purposes*(fee excludes GST) | AUD $962.00 |
