European Dairy Education Network - EDEN

EdenSkills Sustainability

October 2015

Chris Edwards OBE, TD, VR

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Why?

► 36 year skills gap

− City and Guilds 1979 course closes for new applicants

− ND in Dairy Technology

− Higher levels

− The advent of ‘Food Technology’

► Declining resource

− Less businesses

− Effect of automation

− Less establishments

− Farm institutes -15 in England and Wales by 1927

− A Higher Level/Research example:-

− British Dairy Institute, Reading1896

− Research Institute in Dairying, Reading by the Board of Agriculture in

1912

− The National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD),1921 Shinfield

Estate

− Grassland Research Institute, Hurley and the Food Research Institute,

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An interesting note

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Security Level

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Circa1985 – 2012 – there were no awards in specialist dairying at any

level with formal certification. There were food and dairy courses about

but not pure and heavily in decline.

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House of Eden

The future of UK dairy Industry

Eden

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Eden

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Culture and values

Total industry integration

Medium to long

term

The

idea…..

branded

10 years in building talent…….

Vital Ground

Eden – European Dairy Education NOW

► UK dairy companies workingtogether with The National SkillsAcademy and the dairy trainingcollege to develop skills for the future

► Students are employed by a DairyCompany

► Technology students time over 3 years will be split between college and placements in their employees dairies

► Engineering students (TDE) its 4 years

► When at college the students workand learn with students from the other companies

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Eden Values are:

► Passion and Pride

► Integrity and respect

► Pioneering

► Shared Learning and

Community

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The aim of the programme is to create……

► Skilled Dairy

Technician

► Multi Skilled

Engineer

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Corporate Finance

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£7.5 MILLION TRAINING FACILITY

Eden Technology Cohort

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A day in the life of an Eden student- Mark Panczak

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Corporate Finance

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£7.5 MILLION TRAINING FACILITY

College Location

► 8 miles from M6

► 4 miles from Crewe railway

station

► Central to principal milk fields

► 45 minutes from Manchester and

Liverpool airports.

Qualifications Level

Level Qualification types

8 PhD - doctorates

7 Masters Degree Copenhagen University

6 Honours Degree

5 Foundation Degree, Higher National Diploma

4 – Project Eden Foundation Degree, Higher National Certificates

3 ‘A’ levels, BTEC National Diplomas, NVQ Level 3

2 GCSE grades A-C, NVQ level 2

1 GCSE grades D-G, NVQ level 1

Eden TechnologyVocational Foundation Degree

Curriculum

Curriculum – a 42 week programme over 3 years

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

13 weeks at college 18 weeks at college 11 weeks at College

Cleaning-in-Place and

Chemical Technology

Dairy Chemistry

Dairy Microbiology

Dairy Workplace

Practices

Food and Dairy Safety

Milk and Dairy

Derivatives as Raw

Material

Quality Assurance

Butter and Milk Fat

Technology

Cheese and Fermented

Product Technology

Continuous Improvement

Dairy Process

Engineering

Milk Processing

Project Management

Dairy Industry

Automation

Dairy Supply Chain

Environmental

Awareness

Managing and Cost

Accounting for the Dairy

Industry

Process Control

Dairy Professional

Project

Eden Engineering Advanced Apprentice Programme

Curriculum

The Programme

EDEN ENGINEERING PROJECT

APPRENTICE PROGRAMME

% DELIVERY / YEAR

PH

AS

E 1

PH

AS

E 2

PH

AS

E 3

PH

AS

E 4

Essential Skills

First Line Routine Maintenance

100

Maintenance Best Practice 50 50

Dairy Processing 10 30 30 30

Mechanical

Producing Replacement Components 50 50

Mechanical Maintenance Skills 40 30 30

Fluid Power Systems 20 40 40

Materials Science 40 40 20

s/s Fabrication

60 40

Electrical

17th Edition Wiring Regulations 100

Electrical Maintenance 10 20 35 35

Processing

Instrumentation 50 50

Thermodynamics 100

Energy 50 50

Automation

Three Tern Controllers 50 50

Programmable Logic Controllers 25 25 25 25

Servos and Variable Speed Drives 10 40 50

Culture and Values

Integration with Dairy Technologists

Further Education

The FrameworkMGTS Meeting the Challenge

An Innovative Approach

Eden Arla Students

► TDT

− Eden programme first

year started 2009

− Currently the UK dairy

industry has:

− 80 completed study

− 20 students coming to

the end of year 2

− 22 at the end of their

1st year

− Annual recruitment target

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TDE

• Eden programme first year started 2012

• 4 years

• Currently UK dairy industry has:

• 0 completed study and employed

• 80 on programme

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Mentoring – Biggest issue outside cost!

A Final note