{"id":14119,"date":"2022-09-05T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T06:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?post_type=ra-industry&#038;p=14119"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T02:35:08","slug":"food-beverage-services","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/industry\/food-beverage-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Food &#038; Beverage Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever wondered how all the produce you see in the supermarket gets there? Or who supplies your favourite local chippy? What about those neatly packaged meals you get on an aeroplane?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind the food we consume is a huge world of services, production and manufacturing &#8211; all geared towards getting food from farms to plate &#8211; in a wide variety of ways!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food and beverage is a major industry sector for the Australian economy, forming one of Australia&#8217;s largest manufacturing industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub-sectors are diverse &#8211; from multinationals producing large volume fast-moving consumer goods to smaller players with the flexibility to meet the demand for niche gourmet items.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The industry is internationally focused, with exports to over 200 markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of career pathways and opportunities, you could look to explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transport &amp; Storage<\/li>\n<li>Supply Chain<\/li>\n<li>Food Processing<\/li>\n<li>Food Packaging<\/li>\n<li>Research &amp; Developing<\/li>\n<li>Quality Control<\/li>\n<li>Breweries &amp; Distilleries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The food and beverage services sector is an important part of Australia\u2019s overall food production and has been growing at a healthy rate over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes new opportunities to meet the increasing demand for organic, healthy and ethically produced goods. Sustainable packaging and planet-conscious innovations that support the industry are also huge areas of interest and growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are multiple ways to get started in the industry, depending on the type of role you\u2019d ultimately like to land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes trainee and apprenticeships, degree pathways, and direct employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14120,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/14119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}