Via Risorgimento 90 - Modica (RG)

Professional Profile

The Higher Technician Expert in Agri-Food Chains is a professional figure capable of offering concrete responses to the current needs of the Agri-food System. This profile has been designed in collaboration with industry representatives, based on the prerequisites for employment in various areas of the supply chain: from production to processing to the commercialization of agri-food products. Having developed skills related to each phase of the product lifecycle, the Higher Technician Expert in Agricultural, Agri-Food, and Agro-Industrial Chains can design and manage herbaceous, horticultural, fruit, and food production activities, operating with full awareness of environmental situations and market trends, ensuring cost-effective processes and product quality. The new professional will know the agri-food sector in every detail; they will be able to manage and control production processes across the entire reference chain, evaluate raw materials, and select reliable and cost-effective suppliers; they will manage various quality certification systems and be an expert in food hygiene legislation; they will also facilitate integration between the different chains such as chocolate, beer, poultry, meat production and derivatives, dairy, cereal, fruit and vegetable, citrus, viticulture, and olive, understanding the product lifecycle, managing production processes and food quality, distribution networks, and the properties of individual markets on which to build appropriate marketing plans.

Professional Figure

Senior Technician Expert in the Food and Agriculture Sectors

Senior Technician Expert in the Food and Agriculture Sectors​

Duration

20/24

months

1800

Total Hours

800

Internships at leading companies in the sector.

Sede

Modica (RG)
Association Euroform, Via Risorgimento 90 - 97015

Recipients

The ITS Academy’s specialisation courses are aimed at young people and adults, including those in employment (who ensure that the compulsory attendance rate) who are unemployed or unemployed have one of the following diplomas

Employment Opportunities

the Senior Technician Expert of the Agro-food Chains can cover technical and organizational roles in

  • Primary production agricultural companies;
  • Agricultural product processing and transformation companies;
  • Agri-food, distribution, and agri-tourism businesses dedicated to the enhancement of new products and services;
  • Territorial entities, protection consortia, producer organizations, structures, and entities active in supporting production processes;
  • Initiating and managing self-employment initiatives in agricultural, agri-food, and agro-industrial companies;
  • Management and production control in agri-food companies;
  • Consultancy for the production, transformation, conservation, and marketing of agri-food products;
  • Management of small and medium-sized agricultural, agri-food, and agro-industrial companies.

Certificates and qualifications​

  • Higher Technician Diploma – EQF Level 5 accompanied by the Europass “Diploma Supplement”;
  • Qualification for teaching in state schools in agrarian sciences and technology laboratories (competition class: B11);
  • Completion of the internship period and admission to the qualifying examination for the profession of agricultural expert and graduated agricultural expert;
  • European Computer Driving License (ICDL full)
  • Foreign language certification;
  • Additional certifications specific to the professional profile;
  • Possible recognition of university training credits (CFU) according to the tables of confluence between learning outcomes in relation to the competences acquired at the end of the ITS path and the competences resulting from the degree courses assimilable to it.

Deadline for submission of applications

All interested parties, who meet the requirements, must submit their application for admission to the course no later than 30 September  2024, drawn up in simple paper based on the attached template

The candidate must sign the application and attach the following documents in pdf/jpg format:

Applications should be submitted by one of the following means:

  1. delivery “brevi manu” to the secretariat of the Foundation ITS Academy New Technologies for the Made in Italy Food System “Albatros”, located in Messina, Viale Giostra n. 2 on working days from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 13.00.  The sealed envelope must bear the words “NOTICE Bando Allievi FIGURE 3 – AGRIFOOD MADE IN ITALY 4.0- Senior Technician Expert of Agro-food Chains at the headquarters of Modica”

  2. delivery to the email address corsiitsalbatros.pnrr@gmail.com

The subject of the email must bear the words ” NOTICE Call for Students FIGURE 3 – AGRIFOOD MADE IN ITALY 4.0- Senior Technician Expert of Agri-food Chains at the headquarters of Modica”

All those who have successfully completed the application and meet the requirements will be invited to the selection phase.

ITS Courses are funded by PNRR funds National Plan for Recovery and

Project M4C1I1.5-2023-1002-P-31932 Strengthening the training offer of the “ITS Academy” Higher Technological Institutes,

CUP C64D23002030006, Investment 1.5 of Mission 4 – Component Missione 4 – Component 1