FSSC 22000 V6 Lead Auditor

Course Overview

This practical workshop-based course is for those intending to acquire the competencies to audit an organisation's entire Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to meet the requirements of the FSSC 22000 scheme, either as a third or second-party auditor.

The scheme was developed through extensive and open consultation with many global stakeholders and uses international and independent standards such as ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 22003, and technical specifications for sector-specific Pre-Requisite Programs (PRPs), such as ISO/TS 22002-1.

The FSSC Scheme cover sectors where a technical specification for sector PRPs has been developed and follows the food chain category description as defined in ISO/TS 22003.

Prerequisites

• • It is ESSENTIAL that those attending this course have the following prior knowledge:
    Knowledge of the principles of food safety management including pre-requisite programs and HACCP
    
  • It is RECOMMENDED that those attending this course have the following prior knowledge:
    The relationship between food safety management and the provision of safe food
    Awareness of common examples of relevant national and local FSMS legislation (in the food sector and country relevant to the delegate)
    Knowledge of the requirements of FSSC 22000, ISO/TS 22002 and the commonly used food safety management terms and definitions as given in FSSC 22000
    The Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle

Target Audience for this Course

• • This intensive, challenging and highly interactive training program is for those people who require an in-depth understanding of the knowledge and skills required to perform second and third-party audits of a FSMS against FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000. Many of the skills acquired on this course can be applied to auditing other Food Safety Management Systems.
    
    This FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor (FSMS) training course satisfies the training requirements for those who wish to register as a food safety management system lead auditor with the CQI and IRCA under the food safety auditor scheme
    
    Food safety professionals with a responsibility to design, implement and manage a Food Safety Management System that meets the requirements of FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000
    
    Food safety auditors who have been looking to enhance their auditing knowledge and skills or looking to achieve formal recognition for their skills and knowledge.
    
    Auditors, from any Organisation in the food chain, who need to lead audits and audit teams, both in their own Organisation and in others, such as suppliers, where there is a requirement to audit Food Safety Management Systems against FSSC 22000 or ISO 22000
    
    

Course Content

• Key topics

  PDCA cycle and its use within an FSMS
  The FSSC standard (ISO 22000, ISO 22002 pre-requisite standards and FSSC additional requirements
  Terms and definition used in FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000
  FSMS Documentation
  ISO 19011/ ISO17021 and auditing
  1st, 2nd, and 3rd party audits
  Benefits of third party accredited certification
  The audit processes
  Selecting an audit team
  Stage 1, Stage 2, surveillance, unannounced and recertification audits
  Auditor responsibilities and competencies
  Planning and conducting an audit
  Auditing Food Safety Management System requirements
  Generating audit findings and nonconformities
  Reporting and following up of an audit

• What are the benefits?

  This practical workshop-based course is designed to develop the knowledge and competencies needed to perform an audit of an FSMS. The course will also develop delegates’ wider understanding of food safety management systems design and implementation and understand how HACCP must be embedded into the Food Safety Management System of an organisation for it to be effective.
  Successful completion of the course and the achievement of the 70% pass mark will satisfy the formal training requirements for those wishing to register as an Auditor, Lead Auditor or Principal Auditor with CQI and IRCA Certified training under the food safety auditor scheme.
  

• Style of Delivery and Course Leaders

  Our course leaders have unrivalled quality management systems design and improvement experience. They are qualified and experienced auditors with extensive practical management experience across a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, finance, pharmaceuticals, local and national government. We have extensive experience working across cultural boundaries, through our work in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas

Included with this course

• • Comprehensive course materials and exercises