District Rich Champlin , Agriculture Instructor Reina Diaz , Career Technician Adam Littlefield , Technology Instuctor Joseph A. LoCoco , Tech. The food industry offers many career opportunities. Many of your career aspirations probably can be realized somewhere in this industry. This course provides a high-level overview of the food industry and the various career opportunities within a major food manufacturer and retailer. It consists of eight lessons.
Raw milk is chosen to illustrate the quality control process.
Issues related to food safety are highlighted. Processing Food illustrates the various processing steps in making bread, peanut butter, strawberry jam and milk. Integrated Resource Management focuses on integrated management of all resources within a processing manufacturing environment and shows how forecasting and master production scheduling affect material requirements planning. From the Plant to the Store deals with inventory management and transportation of foods from the plant to the store. It also focuses on how stores forecast demand.