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Smart Food Safety Training Plans

On the lookout for cutting-edge Project Management, Execution & Training skills that links Operations, Continuous Improvement & Compliance seamlessly?

Understanding where to begin, what makes teams effective, aligning this with company goals, and then executing the plan is what Food Safe does best. In this blog, we have put together elements aimed at simplifying this process and how Food Safe assists New Zealand businesses.

There are different levels of industry qualifications training. But, what are they, what distinguishes them from each other, and what skills should training target at each stage?

To start with, here is a generic overview of some New Zealand qualifications, certificate levels, and related skills:

New Zealand qualifications, Certificate levels Food Safety Training

Source: NZQA

So what does this mean for you, what are the possible learning pathways for Food Safe’s trainees and clients?

Want a jargon-free assessment about improving operations and your bottom line?

Give Food Safe a call on 0800 003097 or email [email protected] to understand your options (unit standards/non-unit standards) related to each of these solutions and skills outlined above.

What are collaborative partnerships and how will the collaborative process with Food Safe work?

  • We start with what you need and use our intuitive audit skills to identify gaps and any recurring problems (audit non-compliances) that we can work towards solving with training
  • We improve, verify & validate the proposed plan with the company and stakeholder (e.g. ITO) input. If required, we expertly develop and customise training resources to best fit your company
  • We provide leading-edge solutions that target both management and operators and expertly synchronise the two
  • The programme is then delivered in class /on-site between 2-9 days, depending on the type of qualification. Trainees then implement their new learning back on-job
  • Food Safe verifies application of this learning on-job
  • The company benefits from improved efficiency & lower risk of non-compliance
  • Trainees benefit from useful skills and a nationally recognised training & qualifications
  • Communities, as a whole, benefit from improved skill sets
  • On completion, Food Safe meets with company management to compare what we promised with what eventuated
  • We are committed to quality, continuous learning, acting on feedback, and improvement

What should you expect as best practice and what are the benefits of working with Food Safe?

  • Food Safe delivers on what we promise and understand the big picture
  • Food Safe are experts with getting operations and compliance teams working together
  • Our clients benefit from cutting edge execution skills honed from multiple and varied projects
  • Because of this, the standard of our training and technical expertise is higher than an in-house or other solution
  • Your Food Safe trainer holds a Level 5 Adult Education qualification as well as a Level 5 Adult Literacy & Numeracy qualification. Each of these qualifications takes at least a year to achieve and verifies your training provider’s commitment to the quality of their training. These qualifications provide important skills to best support a range of learner needs. Why is this important? Because risk control could only be as strong as a weak link.
  • Food Safe has expertise in Maori and Pacific learner support and treats all learners as individuals
  • Your training is delivered by a trained ISO (9001 & 22000) Lead Food Safety Auditor
  • Your training is delivered by a trainer currently supporting internal audits in high compliance food manufacture (FSSC 22000) and we feed-forward best practice to trainees
  • Your training is delivered by a trainer with a Level 6 HACCP training scope
  • We are transparent about training subsidies and pass this saving on to clients
  • We provide feedback from current projects
  • Food Safe is actively committed to consultation and collaboration with leading-edge organisations with biotechnology research capability and facilitating cross-learning among all stakeholders.

For cutting-edge project management, execution, and training skills that link Operations, Continuous Improvement & Compliance seamlessly email [email protected] or call Food Safe on 0800 003097.