**NEW** Lead Auditor BRCGS
From: £1,080.00 plus VAT
Overview
This five-day in-depth course will provide an understanding of the Standard in terms of the protocol, requirements, and how to audit effectively.
Delegates will gain an in-depth guide to the requirements of the Standard, and learn how to undertake a BRCGS audit, including effective planning, conducting and reporting of the audit. Auditing techniques will be practiced and developed, to include the auditor competency skills required of Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) scheme auditors.
Delegates must have prior working knowledge of quality management systems and auditing within the relevant manufacturing sector, and also have completed a hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) course of at least two days duration.
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.
Before the course, you must have read and reviewed a copy of the Standard which is available free of charge from the BRCGS Bookshop. At the end of the course you will be assessed with an exam. This course is part of the BRCGS Professional recognition programme.
Cost: £1080 (Members), £1,200 (Non-Members) all plus VAT, per delegate
Date: 13th – 17th May | 16th – 20th September | 18th – 22nd November 2024
Platform: Microsoft Teams
Trainer: ToTrain
Who should attend?
- Certification body auditors or new auditors seeking registration
- Technical and Quality Managers who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the audit process
- Consultants
At the end of the course you will:
- Understand the background and benefits of the Global Standard for Food Safety
- Understand the relationship with other Standards: ISO and the GFSI – benchmarked standards
- Know the fundamental clauses and statements of intent
- Understand the BRCGS audit methodology, the enrolment program and the unannounced audit schemes
- Know how to close an audit and deal with corrective actions
- Know how reports are uploaded onto the BRCGS Directory and how certificates are issued
- Understand the benefits of a BRCGS Directory and how certificates are issued
- Understand the benefits of a BRCGS Directory listing
- Understand how certification bodies are monitored for compliance by BRCGS
In the unlikely event that you wish to cancel a booking, please do so by e-mail to admin@sofht.co.uk no later than 4 weeks prior to the event/course. Cancellation will be subject to an administration charge of £30.00 plus VAT (please note after the 4-week cancellation deadline no refunds will be given). A substitution may be made, however, notification of a change of name must be given to the Society and the correct delegate rate will be applied.
The Society shall not be liable for the reimbursement of any associated costs incurred by the delegate due to cancellation by either party.
All bookings will need to be paid, in full, prior to the event start date, unless agreed in writing by the Society.
