The Dairy UK guide to sourcing
the finance, equipment, products, training and knowledge
for innovation
The Dairy UK guide to sourcing
the finance, equipment, products, training and knowledge
for innovation
Dairy UK offers its members a full range of tailor made training aimed at processing and manufacturing businesses, doorstep and wholesale managers, rounds and yard staff, franchisees and Bottled Milk Buyers. These are module based and are delivered through informal sessions from 1-4 hours at a time and include:
http://www.dairyuk.org/pdf/training.pdf
The costs shown are for a minimum of six delegates and revised costings may
apply for lower numbers. For more information on any aspect of the training
that can be provided by Dairy UK please phone Kevin Gotts, Manager - Regional
Services
Direct Line: 01508
492656
E-mail:kgotts@dairyuk.org
Improve Ltd is the Sector Skills Council for Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing across the UK and part of the Skills for Business Network. It works with employers, training providers and the Government to improve productivity and competitiveness and aims to be the centre of excellence on all information and research into employment matters related to skills.
http://www.improveltd.co.uk
Ground Floor, Providence House, 2
Innovation Close, Heslington, York YO10 5ZF
Email: info@improveltd.co.uk
Phone: 0845 644 0448 Fax: 0845 644 0449
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is Northern Ireland's Centre of Excellence for education and training in the food and land based sectors.
http://www.cafre.ac.uk/
Greenmount Campus, 22 Greenmount Road,
Antrim, Co. Antrim, BT41 4PU, Northern Ireland
Enniskillen Campus, Levaghy, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, BT74 4GF
Northern Ireland Loughry Campus, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, BT80 9AA, Northern
Ireland
Phone: 0800 0284291
Coleg Menai offers
a range of full and part time courses.
The Services to Business faculty provides a range of educational and consultancy
services to local business and public sector organisations. It can offer a
one-stop shop for employers with training needs.
http://www.menai.ac.uk/
Coleg Menai, Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. LL57 2TP
Phone: 01248 370125
Fax: 01248 370052
Reaseheath College
offers a range of courses, including a number covering agriculture and the
countryside.
The specialist study facilities include: A 186 hectare farm, with the world
famous Genus MOET (Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer) dairy herd, pig unit
and sheep flock and growing a full range of forage and arable crops.
It also has a fully operational Dairy Processing hall which provides one of
the most up-to-date, best-equipped food manufacturing and processing facilities
in a well known educational establishment in the UK.
http://www.reaseheath.ac.uk/
Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 6DF
E-mail: enquiries@reaseheath.ac.uk
Phone: 01270 625131
Fax: 01270 625665
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based sector, is licensed by the UK government to drive forward the new skills, training and business development agenda for the sector.
http://www.lantra.co.uk/index.asp
Head Office: Lantra House, Stoneleigh Park, Nr Coventry, Warwickshire CV8
2LG
E-mail: connect@lantra.co.uk
Phone: 024 7669 6996
Fax: 024 7669 6732
Welsh Regional Office: Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd , Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3WY
E-mail: wales@lantra.co.uk
Phone: 01982 552646
Fax: 01982 552523
Scottish Regional Office: Newlands, Scone, Perth PH2 6NL
E-mail: lantra.scotland@lantra.co.uk
Phone: 01738 553311
Fax: 01738 553322
Northern Ireland Regional
Office: Unit C12, The Business Centre, 80 - 82 Rainey Street, Magherafelt,
County Londonderry BT45 5AJ
E-mail:NI@lantra.co.uk
Phone: 028 796 31304
The Peak District Dairy Wagon is a mobile dairy processing facility, where farmers and their families from the Peak District and surrounding areas can learn dairy skills. On board is equipment to make cheese, ice cream, butter, creams, yoghurts and other dairy products. The Dairy Wagon is driven by a technician who teaches the farmer how to make the products.
http://www.dairywagon.co.uk/
Alton Mill Farm, Wirskworth Road, Idridgehay, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 2SH
E-mail: info@dairywagon.co.uk
Phone: 01773 550832
Scottish Food and Drink
The Staff Development section on the Learning & HR Information page of
the Scottish Food and Drink website contains a wealth of downloadable information.
http://www.scottishfoodanddrink.com
The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) is the leading Europe-based independent professional qualifying body for food scientists and technologists.
5 Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherds
Bush Road, London W6 7NJ
Email:info@ifst.org
Phone: 020 7603 6316
Fax: 020 7602 9936
AB Cheesemaking offers consultancy and training in the dairy industry, focusing on cheese and fermented dairy product production and caters for all levels of the industry. AB Cheesemaking also provides advice on premises, processes and products.
http://www.abcheesemaking.co.uk/training.htm
The courses on offer include:
Additionally, on site theory courses can be tailored for individual needs and these could include:
A B Cheesemaking, 7 Daybell Close,
Bottesford, Nottingham NG13 0DQ
Phone: 01949 842867
Fax: 01949 842867
AB Cheesemaking runs a course that on which participants can make yogurt and fermented milk and creams. The course topics include:
http://www.abcheesemaking.co.uk/subfermentedprod.htm
A B Cheesemaking, 7 Daybell Close,
Bottesford, Nottingham NG13 0DQ
Phone: 01949 842867
Fax: 01949 842867
The University of Reading
runs a three-day course for businesses or individuals looking to establish
an ice cream processing business or wishing to develop a more fundamental
understanding of the manufacture of ice cream and related products. It covers:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosciences/shortcourses/foodbio-icecream.asp
The British Retail Consortium complements its series of
globally recognised Standards with a range of practical bespoke training
courses, designed and delivered by leading industry experts. The BRC bespoke
training courses provide retailers, manufactures and their suppliers with
a greater understanding of the requirements for certification. Links to forthcoming
courses are given below.
http://www.brc.org.uk/defaultnew.asp
To learn more about the BRC's bespoke learning solutions contact Azin Parsa
E-mail: azin.parsa@brc.org.ukon
Phone: 020 7854 8987
Please also see the ACCREDITATION section for the publications that the BRC has available.
http://www.brc.org.uk/brctraining05.asp