Quality management in the area of food safety (HACCP) and statistics

Strict legal requirements for food hygiene apply to the production, handling and distribution of food. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) are the appropriate quality tool for companies to meet the legal requirements. The course covers the applicable legal provisions before going into detail on hazard analysis, HACCP and the creation of a corresponding concept. In addition, you will expand your knowledge with statistical expertise to recognize correlations and verify observations and learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) in your job.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Quality management in food safety (HACCP)"
    Certificate "Statistics and data analysis"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Quality management in the area of food safety (HACCP)

Introduction to general quality management (approx. 1 day)

Basics of QM

Q-methods and Q-tools


Food law (approx. 2.5 days)

Legal framework

EU and national hygiene law

Requirements of food safety standards


Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools in the work process (approx. 0.5 days)

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) (approx. 3 days)

HACCP team - composition and tasks

Product description and intended use

On-site confirmation and production flow charts


Hazard analysis (approx. 4.5 days)

Methods of hazard analysis

Risk classification

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)

Decision tree

Foreign bodies, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and allergens as special risks

Process and environmental risks

Risk assessment


Setting up an HACCP concept (approx. 5.5 days)

Determination of Critical Control Points (CCPs)

Definition of control points (CPs)

Validation of limit values for the CCPs

Control of CCPs and CPs with monitoring programs

Determination of corrective measures

Documentation and verification of the HACCP system

Product liability


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Statistics and data analysis

Statistical basics (approx. 6 days)

Measurement theory basics (population, sample, sample types, measurement, scale levels)

Univariate descriptive statistics (frequency distributions, central measures, measures of dispersion, standardization, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, line charts, box plots)

Bivariate descriptive statistics (measures of correlation, correlation coefficients, crosstabs, scatter plots, grouped bar charts)

Basics of inductive inferential statistics (probability distributions, normal distribution, sampling distribution of the mean, significance test, null hypothesis test, significance level, effect size, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, error bar charts, power analysis, sample size)

Data preparation and data cleansing with suitable software

Descriptive analysis

Visualization of statistical results

AI-supported analysis and interpretation of statistical results


Methods for comparing two groups (approx. 5 days)

z-test, t-test for one sample

t-test for independent and related samples

Pretest-posttest designs with two groups

Supporting significance tests (Anderson-Darling test, Ryan-Joiner test, Levene test, Bonett test, significance test for correlations)

Nonparametric methods (Wilcoxon test, sign test, Mann-Whitney test)

Contingency analyses (binomial test, Fisher's exact test, chi-square test, cross-tabulations, measures of association)

Interpretation of test results

AI-supported interpretation of results


Basics of regression analysis (approx. 2 days)

Linear regression

Model interpretation

AI-supported model interpretation

Correlation analysis


Methods for comparing the means of several groups (approx. 3 days)

One-factorial and two-factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Post-hoc analyses

Interpretation of group differences

Multi-factorial analysis of variance (general linear model)

Fixed, random, crossed and nested factors

Multiple comparison methods (Tukey-HSD, Dunnett, Games-Howell)

Interaction analysis

Power analysis for variance analyses


Introduction to Design of Experiments (DoE) (approx. 1 day)

Full factorial and partial factorial experimental designs


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

You will also understand the basics of statistics, be able to process and evaluate data and present, explain and interpret statistical data analyses and results using graphics.

You will be able to recognize and assess hazards in the area of food safety and carry out hazard analyses. You will be able to develop, document and monitor an HACCP concept in accordance with legal requirements and thus contribute to ensuring food hygiene and food safety in the company.

The course is aimed at hygiene and quality management officers as well as specialists and managers from all areas of the food sector and industry, trade, gastronomy and communal catering.

Users and specialists from social and market research, business administration (marketing, business intelligence), technical areas, production, quality assurance and research in the healthcare sector.

Every company that handles food commercially must have a concept in accordance with the HACCP standards. This makes people who can create such a concept and ensure its correct implementation interesting for large and medium-sized companies as well as small businesses.

A sound knowledge of statistics is a valuable additional qualification that is in great demand in industrial research and development, in drug development, in the supervision of medical studies, in finance and insurance, in information technology or in public administration.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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