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Food Safety Management Systems Training Courses

Duration of course: 

  • 3 days

Who should attend:

  • Food safety team members
  • QA Managers
  • Laboratory Managers
  • Technical Managers / Directors

Information provided:

  • Technical dissection of the entire standard into understandable “man on the street” language
  • PDCA diagram of the standard to illustrate how all the clauses integrate into each other
  • Example of hazard analysis required for ISO 22000
  • Decision tree for identifying OPRPs and CCPs
  • Corrective action using the 5 “Whys” method
  • Templates of all documented procedures
  • Templates of all forms, registers and schedules

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full colour training manual with all necessary documentation for ISO 22000 implementation
  • CD with all required documentation for ISO 22000 (all in word format to customize to own requirements)
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Above average knowledge of food safety concepts
  • Awareness of ISO 9001 requirements would be beneficial
  • Diploma in Food Technology would be beneficial

Duration of course: 

  • 3 days

Who should attend:

  • HACCP team members
  • QA Managers
  • Laboratory Managers
  • Technical Managers / Directors

Information provided:

  • Technical dissection of the entire standard into understandable “man on the street” language
  • Technical dissection of the regulations required by Certification Bodies to be followed during BRC audits
  • PDCA diagram of the standard to illustrate how all the clauses integrate into each other
  • Templates for all documents required for the HACCP Plan (e.g. Hazard Analysis; easy to use methods for identifying CCPs, HACCP plan review)
  • Templates of all documented procedures
  • Templates of all forms, registers and schedules

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary documentation for BRC implementation
  • CD with all required documentation for BRC – all in word format to enable customization to own requirements
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Above average knowledge of food safety concepts
  • Awareness of ISO 9001 requirements would be beneficial
  • Diploma in Food Technology would be beneficial

Duration of course: 

  • 3 days

Who should attend:

  • HACCP team members
  • QA Managers
  • Laboratory Managers
  • Technical Managers / Directors

Information provided:

  • Technical dissection of the entire standard into understandable “man on the street” language
  • Technical dissection of the regulations required by Certification Bodies to be followed during BRC audits
  • PDCA diagram of the standard to illustrate how all the clauses integrate into each other
  • Selection of the correct risk category: High Hygiene Risk Category OR Low Hygiene Risk Category
  • Templates for all documents required for the HACCP Plan (e.g. Hazard Analysis; easy to use methods for identifying CCPs, HACCP plan review)
  • Templates of all documented procedures
  • Templates of all forms, registers and schedules

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary documentation for BRC Packaging and Packaging Materials implementation
  • CD with all required documentation for BRC – all in word format to enable customization to own requirements
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Above average knowledge of food safety concepts
  • Awareness of ISO 9001 requirements would be beneficial
  • Diploma in Food Technology would be beneficial

Duration of course: 

  • 2 days

Who should attend:

  • HACCP team members
  • QA Managers
  • Laboratory Managers
  • Technical Managers / Directors

Information provided:

  • Technical dissection of the entire standard into understandable “man on the street” language
  • PDCA diagram of the standard to illustrate how all the clauses integrate into each other
  • Example of hazard analysis required for HACCP (SANS 10330)
  • Practical information for easily identifying CCPs
  • Corrective action using the 5 “Whys” method
  • Templates of all documented procedures
  • Templates of all forms, registers and schedules

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full colour training manual with all necessary documentation for HACCP (SANS 10330) implementation
  • CD with all required documentation for HACCP (SANS 10330) – all in word format to customize to own requirements
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Should understand the basic concepts used in food safety

Operational Food Safety Training Courses

Duration of course: 

  • 1 day

Who should attend:

  • HACCP team / Food Safety team members
  • Production planners, Production managers, Production supervisors
  • Quality Control staff
  • Food Technologists from Retail Supermarkets

Information provided:

  • Allergen reactions and their effects
  • Types of allergens
  • Allergen labeling
  • Allergen contamination control measures
  • Production scheduling
  • Monitoring of allergens
  • How an ACP fits into a HACCP Plan / Food Safety Management System                                                 

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Photographs indicating compliance and non-compliance
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Supervisory level in production facilities

Duration of course: 

  • 1 day

Who should attend:

  • Laboratory technologists

Information provided:

  • Laboratory techniques
  • Calibration and verification
  • Incubation temperatures
  • Positive and negative controls
  • Common mistakes in laboratories
  • Record keeping
  • Access control

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Diploma in Food Technology would be beneficial
  • Personnel that have been working in a laboratory environment for at 6 months

Duration of course: 

  • 2 days

Who should attend:

  • Growers with packing facilities on their farms
  • Supervisors / Quality Control staff from packing facilities
  • Extension officers (Government Departments)
  • Technical Managers / QA Managers / Product Managers from Export Companies
  • Food Technologists from Retail Supermarkets

Information provided:

  • Reasons for spoilage and their physiological effects
  • Spoilage vs Food Safety
  • Post harvest pathogens
  • Control measures for reducing / preventing spoilage
  • Retention samples and analysis + benefits
  • Monitoring in packing facilities – air-plate monitoring
  • Microorganisms that should be tested for monitoring purposes
  • Related references in GlobalGAP and Food Safety Standards, (e.g. SANS 10330, BRC, ISO 22000)                                                     

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • A current working position in quality assurance / quality control would be beneficial

Duration of course: 

  • 1 day

Who should attend:

  • Recently appointed document controllers
  • Office administrators

Information provided:

  • What document control is and its importance
  • Understanding the hierarchical document structure in a food safety system / food safety management system
  • Different systems for doing document control
  • Record keeping and its importance
  • Types of records
  • Preservation of records
  • Document / record retrieval

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Case studies

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements: 

  • No specific qualification but good organizational skills would be an advantage

Audit Training Courses

Duration of course: 

  • 3 days

Who should attend:

  • Internal auditors
  • Food technologists from Supermarket Retailers

Information provided:

  • Principles of auditing
  • Auditor requirements
  • Stages in conducting a food safety internal audit
  • Case studies of actual internal audits
  • Fraudulent documentation

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Case studies
  • Roll play scenarios

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Above average knowledge of food safety concepts
  • Diploma in Food Technology / similar qualification would be an advantage

Duration of course: 

  • 2 days

Who should attend:

  • QA Managers
  • Company representatives delegated to do supplier audits
  • Food technologists from Supermarket Retailers

Information provided:

  • Differences between Supplier audits and Internal audits
  • Traceability procedures
  • Principles of auditing
  • Auditor requirements
  • Stages in conducting a supplier audit
  • Case studies of actual supplier audits

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Case studies

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Diploma in Food Technology / similar qualification

Other Training Courses

Duration of course: 

  • 1 day

Who should attend:

  • Financial Managers
  • Procurement Managers
  • Operations Managers
  • CEO’s, CFOs and COO’s

Information provided:

  • Principles of Food Safety
  • Hazard Analysis
  • Advantages of Food Safety Certification
  • Costs associated with Certifications / Accreditations / Marks / Approvals
  • Costs of non-compliance
  • Checks and balances for food safety (common mistakes made in food production will be highlighted)
  • Food safety risk vs compliance monitoring

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary explanations
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • No specific food safety qualification / experience required

Duration of course: 

  • 2 days (0.5 days practical)

Who should attend:

  • Growers / Farm Managers
  • Extension officers (Government Departments)
  • Technical Managers / QA Managers / Product Managers from Export Companies
  • Food Technologists from Retail Supermarkets
  • Technical Managers from Grower / Farmer Associations
  • Sales Representatives from Crop Protection Companies

Information provided:

  • Technical interpretation of the 3 different modules (according to different farming scopes, e.g. fruit and vegetables, poultry, livestock, aquaculture) required for implementation into understandable “man on the street” language
  • Technical dissection of the regulations required by Certification Bodies to be followed during GlobalGAP audits
  • Templates for all risk assessments (e.g. Hygiene risk assessment, occupational health and safety risk assessment, pesticide residue risk assessment)
  • Templates of all forms (e.g. Pesticide application records, Fertiliser application records, Spray instructions)
  • Year planner for all activities required to be done for GlobalGAP compliance

Presentation methods:

  • Interactive workshop – strong participation from delegates is encouraged
  • Powerpoint presentations
  • Diagrams and illustrations
  • Photographs indicating compliance / non-compliance on farms
  • Class room exercises to test understanding of concepts

You take home:

  • Full-colour training manual with all necessary documentation for GlobalGAP implementation
  • CD with all required documentation for GlobalGAP implementation – all in word format to enable customization to own requirements
  • Certificate of attendance

Entry level requirements:

  • Awareness / knowledge of farming practices would be beneficial
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