Move from compliance to value added audits with our new food industry specific auditing course. Implement effective internal audit processes that enable you to meet customer requirements and identify opportunities for continual improvement.
Course Benefits
- Shift organizational focus from compliance to continual improvement
- Empower food industry professionals to effectively using audit tools and techniques to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
- Maximize effectiveness and efficiency of food safety operations with limited resources
- Discuss informal benchmarking with industry sector peers
- Receive a globally recognized certificate
- Complete the formal assessments and receive the following nationally recognized units of competence for 'FBPAUD4002 – Communicate and negotiate to conduct food safety audits FBPAUD4003 – Conduct food safety audits.'
Who should attend?
Anyone involved in the auditing, maintaining or supervising of an ISO 22000 FSMS.
- Technical managers
- Quality managers
- Quality coordinators
- Production managers
- Team leaders
- Operators
- Laboratory technicians/coordinator
- Food industry graduates
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this training, delegates will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and skills:
Knowledge
- Describe how an audit is scheduled, planned, organized, conducted, reported and followed-up in accordance with ISO 19011 industry best practice
- Show awareness of reporting and communicating the results of audits to all levels of the organization to improve compliance and apply continuous improvement methodology
Skills
- Demonstrate ability to prioritize based on risk to the organization and risk to product safety
- Refresh and update knowledge of key food safety management system issues which include but are not limited to review of CCP practices and monitoring records, validation and verification activities, traceability, GMP hygiene and house-keeping, foreign object controls and allergen management
- Apply a risk-based methodology to effectively schedule audits
- Perform an audit to assess compliance, suitability and effectiveness of practices, system documentation and records
Demonstrate ability to apply a strategic audit focus by identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for continual improvements and potential threats to your organization or to product safety.
What is included?
Assessment: On completion of the Food Safety Internal Auditor course participants will have the option to complete an online multiple choice exam. If you choose not to sit the exam, a certificate of attendance will be issue for the course.
Upon successful completion of the course and assessment, participants will receive nationally recognised units:
- FBPAUD4003 Conduct Food Safety Audits
- FBPAUD4002 Communicate and negotiate food safety audits
All individuals who are enrolled in, or completing nationally recognised training will require a Unique Student Identifier (USI). To create a USI, please visit: https://www.usi.gov.au/students/get-a-usi
Further information regarding the post course assessment will be communicated during the course
Prior knowledge and learning
You should have a good knowledge of ISO 22000 and the key principles of an FSMS. If not, we strongly recommend you attend our ISO 22000 Requirements course before attending this course.