At Harper Adams, we work with a wide range of food manufacturing companies to deliver our Food Industry Technical Professional Degree Apprenticeship.
These include Pilgrim’s Europe, who provide fresh, locally-sourced poultry, beef, pork and vegetarian products.
She didn’t want to be only known as “Kerry from the butchers”, so applied for a job as quality lead with Pilgrims, which she saw as a great opportunity. She had always had an interest in food quality and safety. This was the perfect career option for her. Our Degree Apprenticeship is delivered in block teaching sessions, and time is available during these weeks for apprentices to access academic support.
Kerry chose to look at a particular issue with a production line for sweetcure bacon. The Pilgrim site in Bodmin produces bacon for different supermarkets and brands, with each having a different process line within the factory. This particular line was a different design to others – and was creating losses in product.
Using root cause analysis techniques, Kerry put forward a proposal to purchase new equipment. She demonstrated the cost of losses exceeded the investment in new equipment. Within 24 weeks, a new line would pay for itself.
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