Food Industry
Small in post count, but a growing sector with strong local links. Food processing and preservation, food safety and hygiene standards, quality control, packaging and storage — with strong links to Uttarakhand's horticulture and dairy produce.
Why Food Industry matters in Uttarakhand's schools
Uttarakhand grows apples, plums, apricots, malta, millets and a great deal of milk — and most of it leaves the state unprocessed. Food processing is where the value is. The trade teaches students how to preserve, process, pack and sell food safely, with posts in Almora, Tehri and Uttarkashi.
The teacher runs the school's food lab and demonstrates real processes: jams and pickles, baking, dairy products, millet products, and the hygiene and quality-control routines that food safety rules demand.
What students learn
- Food safety, hygiene and sanitation standards (FSSAI basics)
- Preservation techniques — drying, pickling, canning, refrigeration
- Fruit and vegetable processing: jams, jellies, squashes, ketchup
- Baking and millet-based product preparation
- Dairy processing basics — paneer, curd, ghee, ice cream
- Quality control, packaging, labelling and storage
Job roles taught in this trade
Classes 9 and 10 · NSQF levels 1 and 2
- Baking Technician
- Millet Product Processor
Classes 11 and 12 · NSQF levels 3 and 4
- Jam, Jelly and Ketchup Processing Technician
- Craft Baker
- Ice Cream Processing Technician
- Soya Products Processor
- Dairy Product Processor
- Food Analyst
Job roles as approved for schools and listed by PSSCIVE. Curriculum and textbooks: psscive.ac.in. The exact job role taught in a school depends on the school's allocation.
Who can register
B.Sc / B.Tech / B.E. in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Dairy Sciences, Food Processing, Food Science, Nutrition, Agriculture Engineering, Home Science or any relevant / allied field from a recognised institute / university, with at least 1 year of relevant work, teaching or industry experience
Post-graduation in any of the above disciplines from a recognised institute / university, with at least 1 year of relevant industry or work experience
Age: 18 to 42 years as on the cut-off date.
Qualifications and post counts are as stated in the official advertisement. In case of any discrepancy, the official advertisement shall prevail.
Where the 6 posts are
What the job involves
- Teach the Food Industry job-role curriculum, theory and practical, from PSSCIVE textbooks and e-content.
- Teach the Employability Skills curriculum, which is common across Classes 9 to 12.
- Run and look after the school's Food Industry lab and its equipment.
- Keep attendance, a lesson-plan diary counter-signed by the Head of School, and the programme's MIS data up to date.
- Arrange guest lectures, industry visits and skill competitions, and help Class 12 students with internships and placements.
Where it leads students
Technician roles in dairies, bakeries, fruit-processing and packaging units.
Home-based pickle, jam, bakery or millet product businesses.
B.Sc / B.Tech in food technology or nutrition.
These are contractual positions in government schools under a vocational education programme. This is not a government appointment. Selected candidates will be engaged on the payroll of an implementing agency, and not on the payroll of any government department or public sector undertaking. Full terms will be stated in the offer letter.