Food and Drinks Sector benefit from UCC Programmes
11.11.2011
Since its inception in 1993, the Food Industry Training Unit (FITU) has developed and delivered continuing education and training programmes for the Food and Drinks sector. FITU works in close partnership with the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Management and Marketing, The Centre for Adult Continuing Education and the Department of Geography and the wider UCC community.

The programmes provided by FITU are typically part-time or short-term and include:

Certificate and Diploma in Food Science and Technology
Diploma in Speciality Food Production
Diploma in Manufacturing Management
Diploma in Corporate Direction (Food Business)
Diploma in Business Management
Cheese science and Technology training course
Ice Cream Science and Technology training course

Many other short courses, workshops and lecture series are organised by FITU and these can be customised to target the specific needs of companies and organisations.

One of these short courses, the Cheese Science and Technology training course was held recently in UCC.

Pictured at the Cheese Science and Technology Training Course were: Standing (left to right): Professor Paul McSweeney (lead trainer), Dr Angela Sheehan, Tom Burgess (Coolattin Cheddar), Graham Kavanagh (Dairygold), Gabriel Faherty (Cais Gabhair Arann), Carlos Cerda Centeno (DIT/Fermoy Natural Cheese Company), David Waldron (UCC), Peter McEntyre (The Irish Dairy Board), David McCarthy (Carberry Group), Stephen Kelly (Carberry Group), Dr Tim Guinee (Teagasc) (lead trainer).

Sitting (left to right): Richard Kenyon (Dewlay Cheesemakers), Conor Coakley (Carberry group), David Casey (Kerry Ingredients), James Barrett (Dairygold), Margaret Butler (Irish Dairy Board), Shane Henry (Irish Dairy Board), Dane Hopkins (Lynher Dairies Cheese Company Ltd.)

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