Food and Drink Operations
Welcome to the subject homepage for SVQs in Food and Drink Operations.
SQA offers SVQs in Food and Drinks Operations at SCQF levels 5 and 6. These awards have been developed from the standards produced by NSAFD, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the Food and Drink industry.
In this subject homepage, you will find information relating to the structure of each award, assessment guidance and candidate recording forms for each Unit. We hope that you find this information interesting and useful.
To find out more information about a specific qualification, please click on the relevant link below:
- Food and Drink Operations at SCQF level 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Automated Plant Bakery Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Bakery Skills) at SCQF level 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Craft Bakery Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Dairy Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Distribution Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Engineering Maintenance) at SCQF level 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Fish and Shellfish Industry Skills) SCQF level 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Fish and Shellfish Processing) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations: Food Manufacturing Excellence at SCQF 5 & 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Food Sales and Service Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Fresh Produce Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Meat and Poultry) at SCQF level 6
- Food and Drink Operations (Production and Processing Skills) at SCQF level 5
- Food and Drink Operations (Supply Chain Skills) at SCQF level 6
Important information: As of 1 September 2016, all SVQs with an established SCQF level no longer include the SVQ level in their titles. Please note that our web pages and documents will gradually be updated over time as the SVQs are reviewed, so may still contain the existing titles. More information on SCQF levels can be found on our SCQF web page.
News and Announcements
Food Manufacture Support Network Event, April 2016
- Food and Drink support network agenda April 2016 (14 KB)
- Brown Brothers Craig Willison (41.35 MB)
- Food Standards Agency Maria Tocher (2.81 MB)
- Improve Justine Fosh (1.61 MB)
- Skills Development Scotland Gerry McBride (1.30 MB)
- SQA Graeme Findlay (346 KB)
- SQA Iain Percival Senior EV (628 KB)
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Where can you take this course?
Qualification content and delivery tools
Information about the qualification(s)
National Occupational Standards
Unit information for this qualification is available on our Accredited Qualification Unit Search.
Candidate Guidance and Portfolio
- Guidance for candidates starting an SVQ (626 KB)
- Candidate Portfolio A4 Cover (118 KB)
- Candidate blank recording forms (616 KB)
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