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Welcome to FoodHub
Supporting skills development in the Australian Food Industry
FoodHub is the wiki developed by the NSW Food Industry Training Council (NSWFITC) to assist you in meeting workforce development needs across the food industry.
You are encouraged to create articles in FoodHub on the Wikipedia model, to support people who conduct, or need training in Food Handling, HACCP, OHS or other nationally accredited competencies for the Food Industry as recognized under the National Training Framework in Australia.
FoodHub is designed as a powerful, free repository of high quality information and learning resources for our many industry sectors.
You can access the FoodHub from any computer anywhere, anytime...on the plant floor, the training room, at home, across the country. No special devices or software are required, just a regular internet connection and browser!
FoodHub works for companies, registered training organisations (RTOs) and individual learners. NSWFITC invites you to help make the FoodHub a valuable learning resource.
Our vision is that collective wisdom will enable this FoodHub to become a fantastic training tool for all workplace supervisors, trainers and assessors in the food industry.
Workers/Learners are you...
- Engaged in training and keen to get ahead?
- Experienced in the industry and seeking Recognition of Current Competency (RCC)?
- Exploring new career opportunities and seeking Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)?
You can access relevant learning materials and assessments to refresh your skills and underpinning knowledge. The FoodHub is simple and easy to use in the comfort of your own space!
A skilled workforce growing our food industry
The food industry is vital to Australia in terms of profitability, investment, exports and jobs growth. Australia’s farm and fisheries food production totals around $34.8 billion. Food and beverage processing is the largest manufacturing sector, accounting for 21% of manufacturing sales and services income ($68.9 billion in 2005-06), and employing more than 181 000 people. Retail sales in the food and liquor sector within Australia in 2005-06 were $97.4 billion, representing 46% of total retail turnover. In the same year, food exports made up more than 15% of total Australian merchandise exports and were valued at $23.8 billion.
The key issue currently facing our food industry is globalisation which presents opportunities including: responding to different consumer demands; participating in global supply chains; taking up new technologies including e-commerce and RFID; biotechnologies; and adapting to a changing regulatory environment. The long-term viability of the Australian food industry will depend on the ability of its skilled workforce to capture these emerging global opportunities.
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