Public Courses

Duration - 1 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Allergen Management and VITAL

The VITAL Training course provides participants with skills to perform a food industry allergen risk assessment and declare cross contact food allergens appropriately. The focus of the course is to showcase how the VITAL program allows for producers to assess the impact of allergen cross contact and provide appropriate precautionary allergen labelling on their product.

Duration - 2 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Food Legislation and Labelling

Gain an understanding and working knowledge of relevant Australian legislation that applies to the food industry. The course includes recent changes to country of origin labelling (the requirements of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Part 5.3 and the new Country of Origin Food Labelling Standard 2016).

Duration - 1 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Food Microbiology for Non-Microbiologists

Gain an understanding of basic microbiology with a food safety focus. This course will give you the necessary skills to interpret your lab reports and make informed decisions based on these results.

Duration - 1 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

HACCP Refresher

Refresh your understanding of the Codex HACCP Principles and how they are applied to the development and review of a HACCP plan. This course meets Coles and Woolworths refresher training requirements. The online  HACCP refresher course is available in the CQA membership program.

Duration - 2 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Internal Food Safety Auditor

The purpose of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to conduct an internal food safety audit against the CFMSR standard and any GFSI-approved food safety standard.

Duration - 5 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Lead Food Safety Auditor

This course covers the underpinning knowledge of food safety and regulatory standards required by food safety auditors. It presents the methodology in accordance with the requirements of ISO 19011 ensuring that audits are planned, conducted, reported and documented in a systematic and thorough manner.

Duration - 1 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Managing Food Fraud and Food Defence using TACCP and VACCP

The food industry sees the safety of its products as its main concern in two distinct groups:

• Malicious activity deliberately intended to cause harm or disrupt an organisation (TACCP)
• Fraudulent activity driven by economically motivated individuals (VACCP).

This course provides the appropriate knowledge and skills required to develop and implement either a Threat Assessment Critical Control Point (TACCP) study or a Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Point (VACCP ) study. There are three case studies which highlight the potential threats that may occur to an organisation and a series of in class exercises that will assist in the development and implementation of either a TACCP or VACCP plan.

This course covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Vulnerabilities and Threats
• Conducting a Vulnerability Study
• VACCP Mitigation Plans
• Conducting a Food Defence (Threat) Assessment

Duration - 3 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Principles and Applications of HACCP

Gain a practical understanding of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), and learn how to develop and implement a HACCP system to meet customer and regulatory requirements. HACCP is the basis for all food safety management systems and the universally accepted tool to identify and eliminate food safety hazards. This course meets the formal HACCP training requirements of Woolworths, SQF, BRC, CFMSR, Coles Supplier Requirements (Food) and other customer standards.

Duration - 2 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Principles and Applications of HACCP for Produce

This course is designed to provide growers and packers with a practical understanding of the HACCP methodology and how to use it within their own properties. This course meets the formal HACCP training requirements of Woolworths,  SQF and Coles Brand suppliers.

Duration - 3 DaysCourse Delivery - Classroom

Quality Assurance and Food Safety Management

This course provides the skills required to be an effective Quality Assurance Manager in the food industry. The course focuses on the core compliance, leadership, risk management and management knowledge and skill requirements for quality assurance professionals to assist with implementing the Food Safety or HACCP program.