About Us
History
Fruit and Vegetable Processing Technology Programme was established in 1985 after the Food Technology Programme within the Ege University Ege Vocational School with the support of the World Bank. The program's first lecturer was sent to UK for language and vocational training with the support of the World Bank. Education of program continues within Ege Vocational School in the Ege University campus. In the Fruit and Vegetable Processing Technology Programme, the education is provided to train qualified technical personnel to the fruit and vegetable processing sector. In the same time, one of the main aims of program, the best way is to prepare the students to today’s working conditions. In the program syllabus and course contents continuously is updated according to the needs of the industry. The Fruit and Vegetable Processing Technology Program is an associate degree program which given training qualified personnel.
Profile of The Programme
The program's student quota is 40. The majority of students creates smooth high school graduates in the program. Theoretical courses of program are made in the Ege Vocational School. Also practical courses are made in the Ege Vocational School with Department of Food Engineering. Facilities of the laboratory of the program are common with the other food programs. The education of program is formal education. The teaching staffs who giving the course in the program comes from the Ege Vocational School, Food Engineering Department, Tire Kutsan Vocational School and industry.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
Graduates of the program can be employed in public and private sectors. Public Personnel Selection Examination (PPSE) score must be 70 at least to work in the public sector. After that, they can be placed to the units that the state needed. If the PPSE score larger than 85–90, it is getting advantage for placement to the graduates. Graduates can work as "responsible manager" in the private sector. Graduates have authorized to sign in the food enterprises smaller than 60 HP machine power as responsible manager. They can be responsible manager on maximum two enterprise. Also, graduates can work in the food companies have bigger than 60 HP machine power. However, in this case they have authorized to sign only in the company. The program graduates's employment areas; fruit and vegetable processing factories (canned food, jam, dry food, brine, olives, fruit juice, etc.), sellers (hypermarkets, dealers, etc.), analysis laboratories, catering enterprises, hotels F&B departments, pharmaceutical companies, organic food businesses, cold storages, and etc. Also graduates can work in Public Education Centers and the Ministry of Education as a contracted vocational teacher.
