Level 3 Food Technology
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss S. Brooks.
Food Technology is a UE approved subject and helps students to acquire the skills and knowledge used in the field of Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Technology, Food Science, Product Design and Hospitality.
The course has two main areas of learning:
PROCESSING and PROTOTYPE: Students learn a range of processing techniques to process a complex food product and experiment with a range of ingredients, equipment and techniques.These include testing, trialling, skill development, ingredient manipulation, yield and health and safety.
BRIEF and CONCEPTUAL: Students explore contexts to determine an issue, need or opportunity. Research, idea generation and development is carried out to decide an innovative solution to the issue. Students will work side by side with a range of stakeholders as well as consulting with a technology specialist.
Course content: Students will complete 2 projects during the year including:
Street Food - Students will process and prototype a complex food product for Fia Fia night.
NZ Food Problems - Students will research, design, develop and produce a food product to solve an issue ranging from food poverty to dietary requirement. *This project can be submitted for scholarship if it meets the standard
Note: AS 91610 and AS 91611 are also used in 13DET therefore it is advisable not to take 13FTE AND 13DET.
Students with known food allergies will need to discuss with the HOD an action plan for managing this in class before taking part in any practical lessons.
Recommended Prior Learning
Completion of a Food technology or Hospitality course at Year 11 or 12 or by pre-approval from the HOD.
Course Costs and Equipment/ Stationery requirements
We are requesting a voluntary payment of $110 to go towards running a high quality course with a good range of ingredients to enhance the practical experience for students in the Food Technology programme. We believe that students really value the learning enhancements that this payment provides.
It is strongly advised that students have their own container weekly for practical lessons.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
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NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.1 - Undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.3 - Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Generic Technology 3.4 - Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
NZQA Info
Processing Technologies 3.60 - Implement complex procedures to process a specified product
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
Food Technology, Hospitality, Food Science, Cafe/Restaurant Manager, Dietitian, Health Promoter, Naturopath,
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Disclaimer
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.