Jobs and Skills AustraliaIs the work there?
Ten year outlook
Food trades workers jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 102 workers in May 2025, 106 by May 2030 (up 3.9%) and 112 by May 2035 (up 9.8%).
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
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NCVER Total VET ActivityWho is training
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Food Science and Technology than a year ago. Across Australia, 85 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 80, down 5.9% in a year. National data for FBP50121 starts in 2022.
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications FrameworkWhat does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Diploma is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to FBP50121 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training listsWhat does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for FBP50121 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packagingWhat is in the qualification
The Diploma of Food Science and Technology is 20 units: 11 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 45 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
- BSBWHS411Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs
- FBPFST4004Perform microbiological procedures in the food industry
- FBPFST5002Identify and implement required process control for a food processing operation
- FBPFST5005Examine the biochemical properties of food
- FBPFST5006Apply food microbiological techniques and analysis
- FBPFST6001Develop, manage and maintain quality systems for food processing
View all 11 core units
- FBPFSY4001Supervise and maintain a food safety plan
- FBPFSY5001Develop a HACCP-based food safety plan
- FBPTEC4007Describe and analyse data using mathematical principles
- MSL975038Conduct sensory analysis
- MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 45 elective options
- BSBPMG430Undertake project work
- FBPCHE5002Produce acid-coagulated soft cheese
- FBPCHE5003Produce a range of rennet-coagulated cheeses
- FBPCHE5004Produce acid and heat coagulated cheese
- FBPCHE5009Carry out sampling and interpret tests for cheese production (has prerequisites)
- FBPFST4006Apply food preservation technologies
- FBPFST5003Construct a process control chart for a food processing operation
- FBPFST5004Specify and monitor the nutritional value of processed food
- FBPFST5007Monitor the development and implementation of a food QA system
- FBPFST5008Develop a new food product
- FBPFST5009Implement and review the processing of market milk and related products
- FBPFST5010Implement and review the preparation of milk for processing
- FBPFST5011Implement and review the processing of chocolate and sugar-panned products
- FBPFST5012Implement and review the processing of aerated confectioneries
- FBPFST5013Implement and review the production of gums and jellies
- FBPFST5014Implement and review the production of chocolate products
- FBPFST5015Implement and review the processing of chocolate
- FBPFST5016Implement and review the processing of high and low boil confectionery
- FBPFST5017Implement and review the processing of confectionery products
- FBPFST5018Implement and review the processing of chilled or frozen poultry products
- FBPFST5019Implement and review the processing of cooked poultry products
- FBPFST5020Implement and review the processing of egg based products
- FBPFST5021Implement and review the processing of fruit, vegetables, nuts, herbs and spices
- FBPFST5022Implement and review the processing of fish and seafood products
- FBPFST5023Implement and review the production of milk fat products
- FBPFST5024Implement and review the production of fermented dairy products and dairy desserts
- FBPFST5025Implement and review the production of concentrated and dried dairy products
- FBPFST5026Implement and review the production of ice creams and frozen dairy products
- FBPFST5027Implement and review the production of milk and related products by the membrane system
- FBPFST5028Implement and review the manufacturing and processing of edible fats and oils
- FBPFST5029Implement and review manufacturing, packaging and testing of beverage products
- FBPFST5030Implement and review manufacturing of cereal products
- FBPFSY4003Perform an allergen risk review
- FBPFSY4004Provide accurate food allergen information to consumers (has prerequisites)
- FBPFSY4005Conduct a traceability exercise
- FBPFSY5002Develop an allergen management program
- FBPFSY5003Design a traceability system for food products
- FBPFSY5004Plan to mitigate food fraud
- FBPTEC4002Apply principles of food packaging
- FBPTEC4004Apply basic process engineering principles to food processing
- FBPTEC4005Apply an understanding of food additives
- FBPTEC4008Participate in product recalls
- FBPTEC5001Manage and evaluate new product trials
- FBPTEC5002Manage utilities and energy for a production process
- MSS407016Lead a process to determine and solve root cause for a complex problem
training.gov.au national register, FBP50121 release 1
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