Increase productivity and boost profits
Let’s get going, the NSAFD is your industry go to for staff skills that improve efficiencies. We’re the food & drink industry’s dedicated, not-for-profit, skills specialist. We’re led by the industry, built around your needs and totally dedicated to your success.
We’re all about your skills
As industry-led experts on skills, we act as an influential advocate to administrations of all UK nations on relevant skills policy.
A chance for change
2024 request for a skills system reset to power jobs and growth in Food & Drink Manufacturing in England.
Events Calendar
26/03
Basic Microbiology in Food & Drink Manufacturing
26th March 2025 at 12pm
Teams
01/04
Apprenticeship Strategy
1st April 2025 at 10am - 4pm
Milner Hotel, York
24/04
Apprenticeship Strategy
24th April 2025
Teams
12/05
Learning at work Week
12-16th May 2025
Teams - Full timetable coming soon
22/05
Apprenticeship Strategy
22nd May 2025
Teams
More dates coming soon
Food & Drink Careers Passport
The Food & Drink Careers Passport ®, exclusively available via the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink is a passport to all the essential knowledge needed for working in UK Food & Drink Manufacturing industry.
Developed in partnership with major food & drink manufacturing businesses, the new Food & Drink Careers Passport from the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink is the complete package. It’s based around accessible online learning of all the core areas applicants need to work in the industry.
Course content leading to the Passport has been specially selected and written by subject matter experts from the Food Manufacturing Industry. Already widely-used across the sector, the NSAFD’s official Food & Drink Passport courses are updated annually by industry representatives to ensure they are always fully in line with industry knowledge needs.
Once completed, qualifications are registered on the national Passport database hosted by the NSAFD – giving everyone full transparency and speeding up the entire compliance and induction process.
Get FREE Food Safety learning for ALL staff
Every single one of your people is entitled to FREE online Level 2 Food Safety, HACCP Level 2 or Health & Safety Level 2 courses when your business become a Member of the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink’s Employer Services Network.
Members also benefit from an across-the-board discount of 20% on best available e-learning via our dedicated Online Academy – key learning totally devoted to food and drink and all in one place.
Membership gives you multiple advantages. Find out more today.
Take the hassle out of Apprenticeships
Whatever size your business, we're your go-to for food & drink Apprenticeship information and support.
Easily assess the initial skills and knowledge of staff embarking on an apprenticeship, track progress and keep learning evidence handy with our Occupational Assessment Tool specially designed to keep everything you need to comply with funding rules at your fingertips.
For small businesses, our Apprenticeship Toolkit has all the information and advice you need to get up to speed.
Tasty Careers
Tasty Careers is designed as a game changer – bringing together industry career information and live industry vacancies all in one place and making them instantly accessible to the smartphone generation.
Download Our FREE Skills Insights & Labour Market Report
One of the most significant challenges within the FDMP sector is lack of labour, with widespread reports of unfilled vacancies and rising wages. This report reviews the key influences and highlights the skills required to enable the industry to continue to thrive.
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Food Process Operator Standards Consultation
The Food Operations Process Operator (L2) and the Food and Drink Advanced Process Operator (L3) standards are currently being revised and we are seeking feedback from any interested parties to the draft standards. We are inviting feedback on the proposed standards...
UK Food and Drink Manufacturers to offer more than 400 Kickstart Jobs
Food and Drink Manufacturers across England, Scotland and Wales have been successful in their bid to offer hundreds of job placements to young people as part of the government’s Kickstart scheme. Led jointly by the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink (NSAFD)...
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