Environmental Monitoring - live online, tutor-led training course (two mornings)
Dates
Prices
Members - £640 + VAT
Non-members - £835 + VAT
Venue
Online
Delegate Feedback (2025):
- Enjoyed tutor a lot, very knowledgeable.
- Very successful. The tutor had high knowledge of the topic, industry experience and could share real examples.
- Tutor is very knowledgeable. He was happy to answer our questions & share lots of examples with us.
- The tutor was very helpful because he was able to listen to my issues and suggest a better understanding of them.
- The tutor were very good at explaining everything clearly and the exercises were relevant and a good way to have engagement.
- The Tutor was very knowledgeable on the subject, and able to draw from their own experiences.
- Good explanations, clearly delivered with examples.
- Tutor was clear and made the information easy to understand with simply and clear examples and explanations .
Benefits of attending
By attending this course you will gain knowledge and understanding of the principles behind environmental monitoring and be able to construct, appraise and manage a monitoring plan and it's subsequent results.
The course will be delivered live online over the course of two mornings (0900 - 1300 hours), participants will be sent login details for a Microsoft Teams session.
This course has been certificated by the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH). Delegates have the opportunity to achieve the RSPH Level 3 Award in Environmental Monitoring Plans for Food Manufacturing.
Training Course content
- Reasons for sampling the environment; sources and vectors of contamination barriers
- Microorganisms to consider; area of site to consider; pinch points when sampling.
- Microbiological risk assessment; confidence in sampling site selection; relationship between EMP and cleaning schedule.
- Tools and best practices for sampling; air sampling (ambient and compressed); production zoning.
- Interpretation of results, managing positive results; action plans; vector swabbing.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Effectively review and audit environmental monitoring programmes.
- Design and implement appropriate sampling strategies, considering pinch points, sampling methods, and barriers to contamination.
- Effectively set up and monitoring plan by using risk assessments.
- Set acceptable limits for monitoring results.
- Analyze and interpret the results of environmental monitoring, understanding what the data indicates about the safety of the processing environment.
- Understand what action to take in the event of positive results.
Optional - Delegates will have the option to register for the online invigilated RSPH Level 3 Award in Environmental Monitoring Plans for Food Manufacturing examination. The online exam will take place on the 11 June and can be sat anytime between 0900 - 1700 hours.
Further information
Our training team will be happy to help with any enquiry on +44(0)1386 842104 or at training@campdenbri.co.uk