Dairy, milk and cheese training courses

Skills and qualifications for the dairy industry

If dairy is to continue to play an important role in the UK’s food and drink industry, it’s vital that its workforce has the right skills – and that’s what we’re here for. We have a network of specialist training providers offering a range of dairy training courses and qualifications – including milk and cheese training – to help individuals and businesses achieve their goals.

To keep up with an ever-changing sector and also pioneer new practices, the dairy industry needs to have a wide range of skills and knowledge. Our dairy, milk and cheesemaking courses will enable staff at all levels to help your business prepare for the future and, through better skills, become more efficient and more profitable.

See our latest dairy training courses

We’ve picked out a selection of courses in the panel on your right, or you can see our full range of dairy courses here. You can also learn more by joining our dairy network groups or seeing our full list of training providers.

Through our UK-wide network of training providers we can offer a range of dairy training courses including:

• Food chain technology, dairy processing technology and dairy quality management
• Liquid milk and cream processing
• Hard cheese, soft cheese and artisan cheese making
• Dairy microbiology, dairy science and evaporation and drying of dairy products
• Dairy plant, equipment hygiene and CIP
• Ice cream manufacture, yoghurt technology and milk pasteurisation for EHOs

Training for a thriving dairy industry

Dairy is vital to the economy with 21,900 people employed in GB across 500 businesses.

The industry contributes 7% of the UK food and drink manufacturing & processing industry’s turnover, 6% of all UK FDMP exports and 13 billion litres of milk are processed every year. But it’s only by investing in the right skills and training that the sector can not only survive, but also grow.

Project Eden

Recently, and with our help, dairy companies have been collaborating more closely to ensure their requirement for skills is met. Specifically, Project Eden which brought together dairy companies to ensure that the UK has the very best dairy technology training in Europe. It provides an opportunity for all companies to train their key staff to become the dairy leaders of tomorrow. Further projects are underway as a result of this successful working partnership. (Read more)