Summary
This VITAL® Training course provides participants with the skills to perform a food industry allergen risk assessment and declare cross contact food allergens appropriately. The focus of this course is to showcase how the VITAL Program allows food producers to assess the impact of allergen cross contact and provide appropriate precautionary allergen labelling on their products.
Language: English
Description
This course is designed to complement VITAL Online and provides:
- a practical approach to integrating the VITAL Program into an allergen management plan;
- an interactive component incorporated throughout the package;
- opportunity to use VITAL Online, the web-based version of the VITAL Calculator;
- a range of practical examples;
- opportunity for group discussions
To be successful in understanding the concepts of the VITAL Program participants need to have a sound grasp of the concepts behind food allergy, allergen labelling, allergen management and allergen analysis.
Learning outcomes
At the completion of this course, it is expected that you will be able to:
- Understand of the basic concepts of VITAL and how it works alongside a robust allergen management plan.
- Understand and apply the key concepts of the VITAL Program.
- Understand the impact of allergens in ingredients, importance of obtaining accurate and correct ingredient information and the tools that are available to assist with this.
- Identify and quantify cross contact allergens due to processing and the impact of how this can affect the labelling outcome of a product.
- Enter recipes into VITAL Online and apply the Labelling Outcomes to labelling.
- Be confident in changing scenarios within VITAL Online to determine the impact of changes to allergen status.
Prerequisite
This course is suited to participants who have previously received training in food allergy and allergen management etc. or have extensive experience in food allergy and allergen management within the food industry, as well as a solid understanding of allergen analysis.
The pre-requisite knowledge is included in this course as on-demand training. You will need to complete part 1 before attending the live instructor-led training.
Who should attend
This training is suitable for those responsible for the implementation, management and review of food safety, HACCP and quality systems and processes within a food manufacturing or production environment. This includes:
- HACCP Team leaders
- Food Safety and Quality System staff
- Shift Supervisors
- Technical Managers
- Supplier Assurance Managers
- Product Development and Innovation Managers
- Procurement staff
- Any person responsible for reviewing business systems
It is also suitable for any food handler who wants to up-skill their knowledge of using VITAL ® to validate allergen labelling information.
Award
To successfully complete the course, you must be present for the entire delivery and actively participate in all the exercises. A Certificate of Competency will be provided after you have successfully completed this course.
Details
COURSE LEVEL: Intermediate
DURATION: 4-6 hours
FORMAT: Part 1 of this course is a self-paced online course that you can start at any time. Automatic access is provided after successful registration and payment. Part 2 is completed live (via Zoom) with your instructor.
ACCESS EXPIRY: You will have 12 months access to this course before it expires.
LANGUAGE: English Text, Closed Captions (Notes) and Voice Over
REGISTRATION PROCESS: After course registration, you will receive an email with access instructions. This will include your access user name and password. You will also receive and email with a copy of your order and a PDF copy of your purchase receipt. If you do not receive this information, please check your email junk, spam, or clutter folders. If the email is not there, please contact us by clicking here.
CERTIFICATE ACCESS: You will have access to an electronic course certificate and training transcript on successful completion.
EXPECTATIONS: You can access student rights and course expectations by clicking here
MULTI-USER ACCESS: Need a multi-user access? Click here to learn more.
Technology
This training is delivered online and via Zoom. You can view our courses on any devices that support the following browsers. This includes mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and Android-enabled phones and tablets.
Windows
– Google Chrome (latest version)
– Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based, latest version)
– Firefox (latest version)
Mac
– Google Chrome (latest version)
– Safari (latest version)
– Firefox (latest version)
Mobile
– Safari in Apple iOS/iPadOS (latest version)
– Google Chrome (latest version) in Apple iOS/iPadOS (latest version)
– Google Chrome (latest version) in Android OS 6 or later
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For media other than video, an up-to-date PDF reader is required. You can download Adobe PDF reader by clicking here.
All training videos require a computer or device sound source. You can either use your computer speakers or a device compatible headset / earphones.
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Natalie Wasowicz (verified owner) –
Amanda was able to discuss real-time examples that are helpful specifically to our business.
Janie Zimmermann (verified owner) –
The online-interactive training was a great way to experience face-to-face training and allowed for good discussion and learnings while being able to participate in online activates directly related to the training. The content of the training was exceptional, as was the trainer, and I personally got a lot out of it. A refreshing alternative to classroom training.