Food Safety Management Systems Lead Auditor Course
What is ISO 22000?
This ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems Lead Auditor Course is CQI IRCA certified and provides basic training for aspiring FSMS Lead Auditors and Auditors with the information and abilities to prepare, perform, report, and follow up on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party FSMS audits.
Training course is developed to emphasize the necessity of conducting a thorough audit. It will improve your knowledge and abilities to design and conduct an FSMS audit in accordance with ISO 19011’s criteria for auditing management systems and ISO/IEC 17021-1’s certification procedure.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Members/supporting personnel of the Food Safety Management Team who have the responsibility to audit/implement/improve an FSMS;
Personnel who are involved in operation/engineering/site activities who wish to gain maximum benefit from the FSMS implementation; and
Any other personnel who wish to advance their career in management systems, irrespective of discipline.
PRE-REQUISITE :
Students are expected to have prior knowledge:
Management systems: The Plan, Do Check, Act (PDCA) cycle; The core elements of a management system and the interrelationship between top management responsibility, policy, objectives, planning, implementation, measurement, review, and continual improvement.
Food safety management: A knowledge of the principles of food safety management including prerequisite programs as specified in ISO/TS 22002 (All parts) and HACCP; The relationship between food safety management and the provision of safe food products to prevent or minimize adverse effects on human health and the proactive improvement of food safety performance; Awareness of common examples of relevant national and local FSMS legislation and requirements
ISO 22000: Knowledge of the requirements of ISO 22000 and the commonly used food safety management terms and definitions, as given in ISO 22000, which may be gained by completing the ISO 22000:2018 Foundation (FSMS) Training course or an acceptable equivalent
COURSE OUTLINE
General introduction;
Food safety management principles, vocabulary, and ISO 22000 requirements;
Audit planning;
On-site audit and audit skills;
Writing NC reports and audit reporting;
Audit follow-up
METHODOLOGY
There is a balance between knowledge-based presentations, discussions, exercises, and case studies. About two third of the time is spent on activity-based learning. A mock examination paper will be discussed throughout the course to help students to be familiar with the style of the examination
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