Two important things necessary in any food business are individuals with strong leadership skills and the ability to create strong SOP documents. These needs can be met through our Leadership Skills for Success and SOP and Technical Writing workshops. Which will both be opening in June. Leadership Skills for Success will be live via zoom, and SOP and Technical Writing will have a self-paced online portion that will open on June 15th, with a live session on July 22nd. Read more about these upcoming courses below. More information on courses can be found by visiting our calendar or reaching out to us.
Leadership Skills for Success, June 15-18: Master critical communication and leadership skills to effectively manage employees, establish priorities and delegate responsibilities while building awareness of team dynamics and how to engage employees through group problem-solving and decision making. Gain the commitment of others and add value to your organization by being clear about the results you want to achieve, the environment you want to create, and how you will develop and deploy talent. Become an effective leader with the ability to build relationships and manage workplace communications to be heard and understood by others while enhancing employee engagement and ensuring alignment and collaboration amongst members.
SOP and Technical Writing, online opens June 15, live session on July 22: This course presents the process of writing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures for both regulatory compliance and everyday employee usage. Learning objectives include: (1) Systems, (2) Tense and Word Choice, (3) Writing Effective Documents, (4) Hands-on Writing Sessions, (5) Reviewing and Revising, and (6) Compliance.
High Temperature Short Time Pasteurization, July 13-15: This workshop is designed for pasteurizer operators, but is beneficial to all involved with milk pasteurization, including production, QA/QC & maintenance personnel.
The course is instructed by industry experts and representatives from NYS Agriculture & Markets and provides an overview of the design, operation, cleaning and maintenance of HTST systems.
All required regulatory tests for HTST pasteurizers will be discussed and presented in a hands-on format to meet the training requirements for performing HTST system testing under the NY State Broken Seal Policy. Additional topics include UHT systems, dairy microbiology, product safety, and cleaning and sanitizing.
