What would you do as a Food science technician?
Food science technicians
- usually work regular business hours but may work shifts, including nights and weekends
- usually work in laboratories, offices or factories
- need to be methodical, accurate and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- measure and analyse chemical substances
- prepare biologicial samples for analysis
- evaluate quality of materials and products
- study chemicals found in food
- check quality of food products
- research methods to improve food products
- maintain and clean tools and equipment
- train people in technical methods
- record research information and data
How can you become a Food science technician?
You usually need a qualification and experience to become a food science technician.
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in science or similar area
- experience in similar work
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
