Food Safety Management Systems

The Food Safety Management Systems course teaches you how to perform a food safety audit. Specifically, participants learn:

Food Safety system requirements

• Food legislation
• HACCP – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
• Food Safety programmes
• What an auditor should look for
• What an auditor needs to know about Food Safety and the audit programme
• Terminology and concepts of Food Safety programmes
• How to apply Food Safety management principles in the context of ISO 22000
• Relating the Food Safety management system to the organisational products, including services and operational processes
• Documentation required by ISO 22000
• Understand the issues arising from implementing a Food Safety Management System

After successful completion of this course, you will have the knowledge to be able to establish, implement, and maintain a Food Safety management system.

This course in internationally recognised, and is certified by Exemplar Global. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will achieve the following competency units of:

• Exemplar Global – FS Food Safety Management Systems
  • Exemplar Global NFS-1 – Assess Compliance with Food Safety programs
  • Exemplar Global NFS-2 – Communicate Food Safety Audits
  • Exemplar Global NFS-3 – Conduct Food Safety Audits
  • Exemplar Global NFS-4 – Identify, Evaluate, and Control Food Safety Hazards

This course has the equivalent of 24 Professional Development (PD) points.

There are no prerequisites for this course. 

Yes, there is assessment – however all assessment is during the course, and there is no homework. Throughout the course, each participant will complete:

• Case study review
• Evaluation of Food Safety audit scenarios

The final piece of assessment is a short exam.

Participants prepare, complete, and hand in copies of their assessments during class – there is never any homework!

• If you are developing and implementing a Food Safety management system
• If you are looking to work in the area of food safety
• If you wish to consolidate any informal experience you may have gained in your career
• If your existing FSMS is not giving you the benefits it should

• If you want to become a lead Food Safety management system auditor, we suggest Food Safety Management Systems Lead Auditor 5 day course
• If you want to become a Quality management system auditor, we suggest Quality Management Systems 2 day course
• If you want to become an Environmental management system auditor, we suggest Environmental Management Systems 2.5 day course
• If you want to become an OHS management system auditor, we suggest OH&S Management Systems 2.5 day course
• All three of these courses may be combined into our Integrated Management Systems Lead Auditor 5 day course

This course is also offered In-house.
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Delivery

Public – face-to-face

Our regular public courses are conducted in capital cities and key regional centres in Australia and New Zealand. You will enjoy an excellent learning experience in a premium training venue, and:

• Class sizes are kept to manageable numbers – so everybody learns
• No homework! All work is completed in course time – we know you’re busy
• No major exam – we assess you as you go

Public – Virtual/Online

In response to COVID-19 and social distancing, we’ve gone virtual with all of our courses to keep the interaction and engagement between trainer and participants. Our virtual training platform incorporates:

• Group exercises – facilitated by mini break out workshops amongst the team
• Ability to ask questions in real time
• Built in note taking and tracking of course materials
• You can interact with participants throughout the session through a chat functionality
• Online assessments providing a streamlined marking process

Our aim is to recreate the classroom experience in a safe, virtual environment, maintaining the fun and engaging experience our clients find useful and valuable.

Our public training courses are valuable opportunities for professional development and networking. They are also the perfect way to convert your current experience into formal qualifications for either career advancement or a complete career change.

Our Trainers are practising auditors and experts in their field. They deliver practical and real world auditing experiences.

In house

In house training can provide a cost-effective training solution for organisations with a number of staff who require training. We can also customise a course to suit your own individual needs, and include your own audit documentation. Contactus on 1300 95 96 92 for a quote and to discuss your individual training needs.