Industries: Food and Beverage

By becoming a food technologist with relevant qualifications. Be a part of developing new products or improving on old classics, make test samples and conduct trials, have a say in where you source ingredients. There are excellent prospects for career progression into research and experimental development, technical management, or consumer research as they are all in high demand. You can improve the packaging, investigate the nutritional properties of food, and make sure the products meet the necessary specifications and standards.

Suppose you are more interested in gaining leadership knowledge. In that case, production management has significant advancements and practical skills to carry you through other areas of your life; grow and maintain relationships, be a problem-solver and solution-focused.

Winemaking in the Nelson Tasman is prominent and consistently wins more awards than any other region in New Zealand per hectare of vines planted and sold worldwide. Working in small wineries, you may be involved in the whole winemaking process. Your responsibilities may include growing the grapes from the vine, bottling them and marketing the finished wine. You are never too young to discover your passions, so develop those new wine styles, improve wine quality and have that unique eye for detail.