About National Food Institute

National Food Institute is a Registered Training Organisation providing quality workplace training and assessment in the Food Processing, Warehousing and Transport and Logistics Industries.

Our Vision

Improving productivity, building engagement and guaranteeing compliance!

We provide workplace-based training by working closely with employers and wider industry to ensure our students receive the best learning outcomes that are only possible when students are exposed to the real work environments under close guidance and supervision of the employers.

Our Core Values

Can Do

We complete our roles professionally to exceed customer expectations

Engage

We build relationships based on understanding the needs of all involved to achieve lasting outcomes

Excellence

We seek to provide an exceptional learning experience

The National Food Institute (NFI) provides practical, fundamentals-based training for individuals and teams working across Australia’s food, beverage, logistics, distilling, and dairy sectors. Our programs support learners who want a stronger understanding of how products, processes, and supply chains operate in real workplaces. Training focuses on core principles such as raw material handling, processing operations, food safety, quality, compliance, and operational awareness, helping participants perform their roles with greater confidence, consistency, and understanding of how their actions impact the wider system.

NFI brings deep, hands-on experience across production, manufacturing, and vocational education, delivered by people who understand real working environments, shift work, and operational pressures. Training is developed from a practical perspective, linking theory directly to day-to-day tasks on the floor, in warehouses, and across production sites. This approach supports skill development, helps learners identify career pathways, and enables progression towards nationally recognised qualifications at Certificate II, III, and IV levels across food processing and related industries.

All NFI training models can be fully contextualised to individual organisations and sites. Content can be tailored to specific products, equipment, processes, logistics flows, and workplace procedures, ensuring training is directly relevant to job roles and operational requirements. This site-specific approach strengthens workforce capability, improves operational understanding, and supports sustainable, long-term skills development within each organisation.