This course is designed for providing skill training and/or up grading the knowledge and basic skills to take up the job of ‘Purchase Assistant - Food and Agricultural Commodities' in 'Food Processing' sector. All the activities carried out by a specialist are covered in this course. Upon successful completion of this course the candidate will be eligible to work as Purchase Assistant - Food and Agricultural Commodities.

This course is designed to enable training for the specific Qualification Pack (QP). Each National Occupational Standards (NOS) is covered across Unit/s.

Key Learning Objectives for the specific NOS mark the beginning of the Unit/s for that NOS.
• Handle purchase requisitions
• Raising and process purchase order and inventory management
• Complete documentation and record keeping of purchases and inventory
• Food safety, hygiene and sanitation for processing food products