CONDUCT INTERNAL AUDITS & FACTORY INSPECTIONS
It is beneficial to use a competent, independant auditor, to allow your company freedom from the burden of resource sapping internal audits (See Internal audit & Factory Inspection training)
“I use comprehensive documented templates for ALL the internal audits I conduct but more as well”
BENEFITS include -
Staff operate to your procedures but also those procedures are compliant to BRCGS
Combines procedures with Culture, CCPs, Product changeovers, HACCP flows, start ups, PPM, Food defence - Confidence when challenged by BRC auditor
Templates Act as a guideline as you audit and refresher training when used by your own site auditors
Audit reports are designed to show scope of each BRCGS standard sections are fully covered and challenged robustly.
TRAINING INTERNAL AUDITING & FACTORY INSPECTION.
TRAINING COURSE AIMS
New BRCGS Issue 9 compliance and best practice
It instructs & shares over 20 years BRC focused hand on expereince with practical examples that enhance skill and competency of trainees
Conduct mock BRCGS intenral audits teh same way a BRCGS auditor would audit
Teach you the skills and tools that will create the very best standard of auditing that inlcudes culture, CCPs, Food defence in a way that meets that of any BRCGS auditor skills and knowledge
WHAT WILL COURSE TEACH ME?
Auditing techniques (I.e. Soft skills)
How to manage your internal audit programme
How to write an audit report, understand immeidate corrective actions, root casue analysis to ensure preventative actions prevent reoccurence of issues
KNow differnce between critical, major and minor Non-conformance
Subject knowledge of each section of BRCGS Issue 9 standards clauses
TRAINING METHODS INCLUDE
Completing case studies and exercises throughout the course to test your knowledge and skills, with multiple-choice tests and a practical auditing test at the end of the course.
BRCGS & BEST PRACTICE INTERNAL AUDIT COURSE OVERVIEW
Module 1 – Introduction and course structure
Module 2 – Internal audit requirements
Module 3 – Corrective and preventive actions & root cause analysis
Module 4 – Internal audit basics
Module 5 – The aim of internal audits
Module 6 – Audit skills and tools
Module 7 – Best practice auditing
Module 8 – Audit report writing
Module 9 – Senior management commitment
Module 10 – Summary
TRAINING FACTORY INSPECTIONS TRAINING COURSE.
TRAINING COURSE AIMS
Understand what evidence is conformity or Non-conformity of factory environment
Audit skills and knowledge.
Learn best practice cleaning, equipment, building fabrication and personal hygiene.
Learn the effective management of audit schedules, findings, Corrective actions and review program.
GO BEYOND Hygiene audits - Include Culture, CCPs, Changeovers, HACCP flow verifications, food defence so that audit program ensures factory is Unannounced audit ready
HOW WE ACHEIVE THESE AIMS
Documented Scheduled programme s - (3.4.4)
Audit reports ensure all areas of factory are systematically covered in the scope
Ensure frequency of factory inspections is correctly risk assessed
Ensure Factory inspection report design, meets good practice requirements
Ensure effective Management of Non-conformance's identified during each inspection
Training course exercises using selected photographs of real life issues commonly experienced.
ASSESSMENT
Training methods include completing class open discussions throughout the course to assess your knowledge and skills.
Extensive use of photographic examples of real life factory non-conformance's to assist trainee open discussion
Conduct an end of course test, using multiple-choice questions
WHAT IS PROVIDED FOR YOU?
Training course hand book
Factory Inspection procedure that meets a BRCGS Issue 9 requirements
Factory Inspection scheduled Programme Record
Factory inspection report template
Non-conformance grading decision tree
Corrective actions / root cause analysis record template
Corrective action request tracker record
Training Certificate signed and dated as confirmation of successful completion against a competency assessment training course with pass mark