PREPARATION COURSE FOR THE QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY AUDITOR CERTIFICATION
DESCRIPTION:
ASQ certification is intended to provide you with a mark of quality excellence in the industry. It helps you advance your career, and increases your organization's bottom line through your mastery of quality skills. Becoming certified as a Food Quality and Safety Auditor confirms your commitment to quality and the positive impact it will have on your organization.
GOALS:
ASQ certification is intended to provide you with a mark of quality excellence in the industry. It helps you advance your career, and increases your organization's bottom line through your mastery of quality skills. Becoming certified as a Food Quality and Safety Auditor confirms your commitment to quality and the positive impact it will have on your organization.
ADDRESSED TO:
Internal auditors of companies in the food sector, quality engineers, quality assurance engineers, process improvement engineers, quality managers.
I. Food safety and HACCP
A. HACCP Terminology
B. Food Safety Terminology
C. Prerequisite Programs
D. Preventive controls
II. Food safety and HACCP
A. Preliminary tasks
B. Scope of the system
C. Management responsibility
III. HACCP Principles
A. Principle 1 – Hazard Analysis
B. Principle 2 – Critical control
C. Principle 3 – Critical limits
D. Principle 4 – Surveillance
E. Principle 5 – Corrective Measures
F. Principle 6 – Verification
G. Principle 7 – Maintenance of records and documentation
IV. Application and maintenance of the food safety and HACCP system
A. Application and evaluation
B. Validation and re-evaluation
C. Verification and maintenance
V. Fundamentals of the audit
A. Basic terms and concepts
B. Purpose of the audits
C. Types of audits
D. Audit criteria
E. Participants in audits
F. Ethics, Legal and professional issues
SAW. Audit process and auditor competencies
A. Preparation and planning of audits
B. Audit results
C. Submission of audit reports
D. Monitoring and closure of audits
E. Competencies of the auditor
F. International regulations and inspections
G. Audit plans
VII. Quality tools and techniques
A. Basic quality tools
B. Descriptive statistics
C. Sampling methods
D. Statistical process control
E. Process capacity
F. Analysis and qualitative attributes / Data Variables
REQUIREMENTS:
- Five years of on-the-job experience or in one or more areas of the CFSQA Auditor body of knowledge.
- A minimum of one year of experience in a decision-making position is required.
Considerations about the requirements to take the certification exam:
- If you have a technical degree - one year of experience is reduced
- If you have a Bachelor's Degree - 3 years of experience are reduced.
- If you have a Master's or PhD - 4 years of experience are reduced
ASQ EXAM:
Each certification candidate must pass an exam consisting of multiple-choice questions that measure understanding of the Body of Knowledge.
- Computer Delivered – The CFSQA exam is a single-part, 145-question multiple-choice exam, and is offered in English only. 135 multiple choice questions are scored and 10 are unscored. The total appointment time is four and a half hours, the exam time is 4 hours and 18 minutes.
- Paper and pencil – The CFSQA exam is a single-part, 135-question multiple-choice, four-hour exam and is offered in English only.
- All exams are open book. Each participant must bring their own reference materials.
MATERIALS
Quality 4.0: The challenges for quality professionals
Industry 4.0 is a new industrial revolution that is also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
This revolution has emerged as a result of the exponential growth of disruptive technologies and their application in the workplace.
INTERNATIONAL QUALITY
ASQ INSTRUCTORS
AVAILABLE OPTIONS:
PACKAGE #1
- Course – Workshop
- Handbook
English 
Spanish