Food Technical Degree Apprenticeship

Level: 6


Employer: SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED


Location: The Cornwall Bakery

Can you imagine walking through a supermarket and spotting a product you helped bring to life? Are you passionate about contributing to delivering high-quality food that’s tasty, innovative, and nutritious? Want to earn a degree and gain hands-on experience in a paid role that sets you up for a successful career? Then this opportunity is for you.

Duration: 3 Years

Expected start date: 01/09/2026

Hours per week: 40 hours

Wage: (Annually)

Job role includes

As part of the Technical team, you will

  • Help to ensure the safety and compliance of bringing new products to our customers
  • Ensuring safe food production processes
  • Ensuring that packaging, shelf life, and food safety standards are met at every stage

You’ll be at the heart of making sure every product is fresh, safe, and high-quality when it reaches the consumer.

About employer

Samworth Brothers are a 21st century food business creating high quality food products enjoyed by millions of people across the UK every day. We have grown to employ over 10,000 people across our group of businesses based mainly in Leicestershire but also with sites spread across the UK including Cornwall, Worksop, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Manchester. You may have heard of some of our branded products such as Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, and Ginsters, but we also make products for major UK food retailers. For four generations Samworth Brothers has been acting responsibly and doing the right thing. As a business, we exist to be a force for good in the lives of our communities, and to create greater opportunities for our colleagues, our customers and our suppliers. By being the very best at what we do, we can make profits to reinvest in a better future and a better world.

  • weighting: Essential
  • qualificationType: A Level
  • subject: Science or Food Technology
  • grade: CCC / Merit Merit Merit

  • You attend Sheffield Hallam University on block release for 4 days at a time, 5 times a year
  • The degree award is BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology

    • We’ve partnered with SHU for years, and many of our colleagues are proud alumni
    • With 80% student satisfaction and a reputation for teaching quality, you’ll be supported every step of the way
  • Communication skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Vacancy title

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Duration: 18 months

Expected start date: 28/3/2022

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Wage: 146.25 (weekly)

Job role includes

  • Explore what an apprenticeship is and how they work.
  • Understand what it means to be an apprentice.
  • Discover different apprenticeship types, get application hints and tips, and apply for vacancies.

About employer

Employer description

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills