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Quality Assurance Training

Quality Assurance Training for High-Performace Quality Assurance Officers and Global Food Brands. Approved by all Verifiers. Expert-led course by NZQA Registered PTE.

Course Cost: From $3960 +GST

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About the Course

Food Safe’s Quality Assurance Training is designed for high-performance Quality Assurance Officers as well as New Zealand companies and global food brands. Our training is:

Useful for building your Quality Assurance career
Highly-rated by food companies we have delivered training to
The difference between being considered for a Quality Assurance Coordinator role and an Officer role
Approved by all Verifiers
Delivered by an NZQA-Registered PTE with New Zealand Government Accreditation

Training Delivery Options:

Live, online, instructor-led training
In-person, on-site training

Google Rating

5.0

Based on 933 reviews

Food Safe Ltd

5.0

Alex Linklater

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The instructor was very intuitive and fun and made an effort to involve everyone or compare the circumstances of each participant to the information being presented allowing us to properly understand and hopefully retain the information better

sam khamis

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From the Lil Abners Takeaway Team,well organised and very useful course for online training, the additional information provided at the end is great. Keith made sure everyone was included, we had breaks and some fun at the end, would recommend this course any day. Thank you Keith for all.

saeed far

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I was recommended by a family member to get my food safe certificate for my business through Food Safe LTD. I signed my self and my staff. My staff was a little nervous. On arrival our Tutor for the day Mr keith was very welcoming and friendly and made not just us but the whole class feel comfortable . All the nervousness that my self and my staff had went out the window. Keith interacted with everyone in the class, keith was very professional and made it very easy for us to communicate and understand the food safe process. By the end off the class everyone one with out a doubt clearly understood the Food Safe process all thanks to our amazing tutor Keith witch was a pleasure. I personally highly recommend as it was fun learning experience and you will not be disappointed 10/10 . Thank you Keith and everyone at Food Safe. 😀

Dani McCloy

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Keith Michael is a very passionate and knowledgeable facilitator. The course allowed us time to process, ask questions and enjoy learning about Food Safety. Highly recommend

Aidan Stenning

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Great course. Simple and easy to understand, the fundamentals of food safety presented in an informative and easy to follow online class by an enthusiastic and knowledgable instructor.

Aki Karasawa

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The course was excellent.

Stephanie Craig

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I had the pleasure of having Keith as my food trainer. Not only was he extremely knowledgeable, but very personable and timely. He knew how to keep us engaged and informed on food safety standards.

Rita Du Plessis

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Keith was very professional and explained scenarios well. He answered all my questions I had. Felt very comfortable.

alyes matthews

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Quick, fast and very interesting. Definitely helpful for a new business owner in the industry!!!

Sonia Simao

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Love it. To be recommended. Keith was great! Session was interesting and enjoyable.Keith shared heaps of useful information and delivered it with professionalism.Concepts were explained effectively.It was a positive learning experience, very enriching. Thank you!

Sarah Mcleod

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Very enjoyable/informative online course! Keith answered any questions with ease and provided me with new information which I can implement in my career. Thanks a bunch!

Emma Sa do Prado

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Excellent tutor, lots of up to date relevant information. Highly recommend. Thankyou

karyn fowke

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Great experience with Keith today, goes over all the points that need to be addressed and explained everything in a way for all participants in different jobs at every step to be able to understand, I have done HACCP training before and this was better than my last experiences

Pela Andrew

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The course was very informative and fun. I am grateful to gain more knowledge about food safety to ensure the safety of our families, customers and people in general.Thank you Keith for sharing your knowledge.

Murdock Ormsby

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Very informative relevate and up to date information provided by Keith on food safety

Garett Huijs

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Great class and personally for me has been a great refresher but some really good information and guidance for people getting into hospitality and starting their own business - Thanks very much Keith and all the best

Janine Sadlier

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The course was done via zoom. Being able to attend the course in the comfort of your own home while still getting that personal classroom feel was a bonus. A good learning experience with loads of information to help you be successful in your career path.

Quality Assurance Training Course Content

Part 1: Introduction to HACCP
- Case study reviews & Learning
- The Law (APA 1999, Food Standards Code 2002, Food Act 2014, Food Regulations 2015 etc) & Codex Alimentarius Guidelines
- 14 Codex Alimentarius Steps to HACCP
- Includes 7 Principles of HACCP
- Importance of Validation
- CCPs, oPRPs (understand how this is determined) and PRPs on site
- Verification and the role of QA & QC checks
Part 2: Introduction to Allergen Management
- Legislation + Overview
- Implementing an allergen plan
- The risk posed to Immuno-compromised consumers eg. YOPI – infant nutrition + older geriatric nutrition for both allergen as well as other food safety risks
Part 3: Some global certification schemes eg ISO 22000 (2018), SQF, WSE
- New FSSC 22000 v5 update and what this means to site
- Halal and Kosher food certification and why this matters
- Overseas Market Access Requirements – OMARs
- Food Fraud & Food Defense
Part 4: Introduction to Internal-Auditing
- Incident reporting – Quality Incident Reporting – Root-cause-analysis + Problem-solving
- Training includes show-me-how videos about how food safety is practically applied on-job with simple examples
Part 5: Bonus technical guidance
- Introduction to P&ID
- Introduction to 5S and lean manufacture
Part 6: Bonus job-seekers guidance
- Introduction to Food Sectors with the most promise to apply to for a job
- How to prepare for interviews and build your self-confidence in this challenging job-market
- Overview of the future of quality assurance, quality control, and food safety

Quality Assurance Training is suitable for:

Quality Assurance Officer, QA team member, Quality Control, Senior Operators, Students and Job-seekers.

Pre-requisites: None

On successful completion, trainees earn a Certificate of Achievement (PTE recognised by all NZ Verification Agencies)

Duration: 4 days, 5 hours a day LIVE with + some self-learning

About your trainer

Quality Assurance Training resources have been exclusively designed and delivered by Food Safe’s Managing Director, Lead-trainer & Food Safety Expert, Keith Michael who holds:

A Masters Degree in Operations Management
Technical Food Processing, Food Safety, and Audit Competencies
Dairy Manufacturing: Technical & Specialised Operations
Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (IOD), New Zealand

Keith has presented papers at the Food Safety Conferences in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and bring this cross-sector learning into training.

Keith has many years of experience as a company director where he has assisted companies with Food Safety Compliance, Risk Audit, and closing of gaps identified with smart purpose-built competency training.

View Keith’s profile on LinkedIn.

About Food Safe

Food Safe Ltd is a Category 1 NZQA-Registered PTE. Training complies with the Food Safety Bylaws and Verifier Audits right across New Zealand.

Our food safety training is trusted by both well known New Zealand and Global food companies and heaps of small teams too!

Food Safe’s advisory committee includes leading university microbiology experts, operations, quality and compliance managers, and governance experts. For even more information about Food Safe and the companies we work with, click here

Why Choose us for your Training?

The information we provide you on food safety and quality assurance is the very latest.
Learn in an engaging and interactive environment
We use slides, pictures, and a show-me-how approach to our training which suits all learner types
Food Safe Trainers are industry experts with Lead Audit ISO 22000 qualifications and have extensive practical experience in high-compliance food manufacture, which we bring to the classroom.