In the region, food professionals have access to qualified personnel in all occupational categories. Nord-Pas de Calais region, young, rich with its 150 000 students in higher education, including 3 000 in food education, offers a range of training that goes from the CAP in the third cycle, through schools of engineers.

6 masters and 2 engineering schools

Besides training in the areas of Logisitic, procurement, marketing, management, etc, businesses can also find in Nord-Pas de Calais many training specific to the food. It can raise the following training: marketing and nutritional quality of food products, advanced food technology, industrial and process innovation, quality processes and food fish, …

In addition, two engineering schools are recognized affirmed : l’Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISA) and Polytech’Lille.

CNAM offers evening classes in many training courses. training is specific to the food, biochiùmie and technology of food industry.

4 university institutes (IUP) and 4 professional licenses

The region has four IUP (formation bac + 4) created to meet the specific needs of industrial quality control and risks in the food sector, industrial maintenance, quality and environment of industrial production, agro-industrial systems engineering.

Four professional licenses complement the regional security and food quality, management of agricultural enterprises and agribusiness management, industrial production, maintenance Agroéquipement

From basic training to higher education

The area offers food in a significant technical training, both basic training (levels IV and V) and higher level training (Level III - BTSA, BTS and DUT). There are more than:

BTS 10 and BTSA: biotechnology, dietetics, hygiene and environment, analysis and agricultural biotechnology, food industry, technical sales.

10 DUT and DEUST (bac + 2): recovery of agricultural production, enhancement of production of the sea, international trade in marine products, marketing techniques in food processing, distribution and quality of seafood products, industrial engineering and maintenance, .....

De nombreuses formations de techniciens

There exists in the region a large number of vocational training in maintenance, management, Logisitic, sale ... More than ten training graduates have focused on science and technology in food. You can also use various mechanisms such as learning or rotation. One hundred training levels BEP or CAP in agricultural colleges or professionals, learning centers, helping to professionalize the personal performance of companies.