Course Summary

BRCGS Professional is a learning program that will give you international recognition for the key skills and knowledge essential for product safety management. As a BRCGS Professional you will be well-equipped to manage any GFSI-recognised standard in your business, and able to implement or manage product safety systems. BRCGS is the leading provider of GFSI-recognised Standards globally, respected for quality and brand protection assurance.

This BRCGS 3-Day Fast Track Training Program has been designed by the BRCGS Technical team, in response to demands from the industry for training on the skills necessary to implement effective product safety management program.

Get on the fast-track to achieving recognition as a BRCGS Professional with a three days of product safety management courses run by the BRCGS Academy. This 3-day session will comprise of the following courses:

Risk Assessment – This one-day course will provide delegates with a thorough understanding of risk assessment and enable them to use different risk assessment models. This is particularly useful when implementing product safety management systems onsite, and when implementing the requirements of the BRCGS Standards.

Root Cause Analysis – This one-day course will provide delegates with a thorough understanding of root cause analysis (RCA) to know its importance and be able to perform it competently. This is especially helpful when implementing some of the requirements of the BRCGS Standards.

Validation and Verification – This one-day course will provide delegates with a thorough understanding of validation and verification, so they know the level of detail required for each process and are able to use validation and verification in practice. This is especially helpful when implementing some of the requirements in the BRCGS Standards.

The above courses are especially helpful when implementing some of the requirements in the BRCGS Standards.

By booking these three courses together, a substantial saving is made on purchasing them individually. These courses form part of the requirement to achieve recognition as a BRCGS Professional. Full details of the requirements to complete the program can be found here.

On completion of the required courses, candidates will be awarded with a BRCGS Professional certificate and an electronic open badge for use on emails and LinkedIn.

Key Learning Objectives

  • Enhance understanding of product safety management practices
  • Apply skills to reduce product safety-related risks
  • Contribute effectively to brand protection initiatives
  • Increase professional standing within your organization

Who should attend

  • All product safety personnel in food and packaging, storage and distribution and related industries – for example quality assurance managers, food technologists, category technologists and HACCP teams.
  • Enrolment is free of charge for anyone working at a BRCGS certificated site

Pre-requisites

  • There are no particular pre-requisites stipulated by the BRCGS for this course
Program Outline

Program Outline

  • Introduction to Risk Assessment (RA) and Terminology
  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk Assessment in the Global Standards
  • Estimating the level of risk
  • Risk Assessment models
  • Control measures
  • Documenting Risk Assessments and Review
  • Work-based Course Assessment

Assessment: Course Assignment Pass Mark 75%

  • Introduction to RCA and Terminology
  • RCA in the Standards
  • Overview of RCA
  • Team identification/analysis of data
  • Question & Questioning techniques
  • 5 Why's Analysis
  • Cause and Effect Analysis
  • Pareto Principle
  • Preventative Action Plan
  • Work-based RCA Course Assessment

Assessment: Workplace Audit; Pass mark 75%

  • Introduction to validation and verification
  • The validation flow diagram
  • Validation in the Standards
  • Validation in cleaning
  • Verification
  • Work-based Validation and Verification Course Assessment

Assessment: Course Assignment Pass mark 75%

Instructor Credentials

This training course is delivered by experienced BRCGS ‘approved training partners’ (ATPs).

This is our lovely team of trainers.

Instructor Credentials

Assessment

  • Course assignments (completed within 30 days)
  • Pass mark 75%
  • 2 attempts allowed per module
  • Certificate, digital badge, and BRCGS Professional recognition issued immediately upon passing