Unlocking potential: why life skills are key for Scotland's food and drink sector
While technical expertise is essential, the success of businesses increasingly hinges on the people and the “life skills” of your workforce.
Leading by example: how your life skills shape your team
When we’re talking about the life skills an employer needs to have, what do we mean?
For leaders, developing a life-skills-focused culture begins with self-reflection.
Investing in your people: the power of life skills
Having the right technical skills is just one piece of the puzzle. Equipping your workforce with strong life skills is essential to building a resilient, adaptable and future-proof team
Next generation: how life skills can unlock the potential in those joining the workforce
Those joining the workforce need to see and feel the opportunities and we need to attract, retain and develop them if we are going to unlock the potential ahead of us. And that includes developing life skills.
Build a Burns Supper
A relaunched version of a much-loved teaching resource based on a Burns Supper.
Originally created by Developing the Young Workforce, the range of resources from employers and partners showcases careers in the food & drink and land-based industries.
It is designed to help young people understand where our national food & drink comes from.
With Scots celebrating Burns Night every January, it is tied into the theme of a traditional Burns Supper, incorporating the ingredients for which Scotland is most famous.
From growing vegetables for soup and rearing salmon, through to sheep farming, making ice cream and the crucial dram, this highlights the opportunities a career in food & drink can offer.
Resource: new toolkit outlines reasons to find a future in food
A newly released toolkit – called Find Your Future In Food & Drink - provides a comprehensive resource for employers, educators, and jobseekers alike, showcasing the sector's diverse and rewarding career paths.
Food & drink bosses take on Apprentice for a Day challenge
Bosses of leading food & drink organisations have gone back to the workfloor to experience life as an “apprentice for a day”.
EIT ‘A Foods Day in the Life’ series of career films
The agri-food industry has a variety of exciting jobs on offer throughout the food value chain. This video series aims to inspire young audiences to consider a career within the agri-food sector.
FDF Scotland YouTube
Higher Chemistry Resources
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp7P5L1jc78dLak-19RN6yduIrwj9hr4
Careers in Food and Drink
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp7P5L1jc7_iCy72XvvaMqMEi691Cl7u
World of food and drink
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp7P5L1jc78KBwk3RFoFsqsLfVBqZSKd
Apprenticeships in food and drink
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp7P5L1jc796s7Inhy77naUmvRvCLByg
Reformulation for Health
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp7P5L1jc7_eJg-OJaWk3_6y11EzviYz
Inside Scottish Food and Drink
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW9aejev5AFd3EKVMWjUCaY_A9z9SMh2
Foundation Apprenticeship in Food and Drink Technologies
Foundation Apprenticeship specifically for the Food and Drink Industry
Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) Maths Resources
Royal Highland Education Trust resources to support application of maths for all stages based on the food chain
Royal Society of Chemistry - Food Teaching Resources
Teaching resources linked to the National 5 and Higher Chemistry curriculum
SmartSTEMS
We organise and host events with the aim of inspiring and engaging young people aged 10-14 with the range of careers in the four STEM pillars – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Why Work in Food & Drink?
Here’s a deck that outlines why you’d think about working in food & drink, including statistics, career maps, qualification guides as well as inspirational stories behind some the people working in the industry…