BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 Lead Auditor

Pro Alimentarius organizes, with its training partner approved by the BRCGS, an official certification session for lead auditors according to the international standard BRCGS Food Issue 9. The session will be online on August 05-06-07-08-09, 2024. This course allows participants to gain an in-depth understanding of the standard in terms of protocol, requirements and effective auditing methods.

This course is part of the BRCGS Professional recognition programme.

Attention: This course is delivered over 5 full days. If you're interested in the same course but delivered over 10 half-days (3pm to 6:30pm London time, consecutive half-days excluding weekend), please click here. Thank you.

In preparation for the course, participants must read and review a copy of the Standard including the glossary, which is available as a free download from the BRCGS Store, in addition to the pre-course materials provided.

This official BRCGS course enables participants with an in-depth understanding of the Standard in terms of the protocol, requirements and how to audit effectively. Participants will gain competency to assess compliance to the requirements of the Standard, including fundamental clauses, statements of intent, how to undertake a BRCGS audit, planning of the audit and reporting of the audit. Auditing fundamentals and techniques will be discussed including the auditor competency skills required of auditors auditing against Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognised certification programmes.

Active learning will be used throughout the course utilising case study-based activities to encourage critical thinking and help explain how auditors with audit against the Standard.  Participants must have a working knowledge of quality management systems and auditing within the relevant manufacturing sector, and have completed a hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) course of at least two days' duration.

At the end of the course participants will be able to: 

• Explain the steps to managing an audit programme
• Describe auditing fundamentals and techniques
• Assess compliance to the requirements of the Standard and explain how compliance can be demonstrated to maintain food safety, quality, legality, and authenticity
• Describe the scope of companies and products covered by the Standard
• Describe steps to conduct a BRCGS audit including the preparation, planning, and reporting of the audit
• Utilise and explain resource tools available for compliance and beneficial support from BRCGS

Note: This course is proposed as either 5x full days, or 10x half-days. Please carefully review the date & time options before confirming your booking.

At the end of the course you will be assessed with an exam. Successful completion of this course, including the exam, forms part of the training necessary to become a BRCGS auditor. The steps necessary to complete your training must be arranged with a BRCGS-approved certification body.

*Sonia ANDRE & Oskar ZABOROWSKI

BRCGS Approved Training Partners

*ASK SONIA LIMITED

You must have a good internet connection and a device (computer, PC, tablet or smartphone) to connect.

You must test the sound, microphone and camera before the training to avoid any surprises during the training.

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