Completing a GMP inspection
£26.00 (plus VAT)
GMP inspectors
This course provides learners with a good understanding of good manufacturing practices (GMP) and practical controls, so that they can carry out robust GMP inspections.
It covers all the typical GMP requirements that are needed to comply with the standards and explains them simply and visually, so that the learner can relate it easily to what they see on site.
You’ll learn key skills to use when carrying out GMP inspections, to improve the quality of the inspections.
The course includes our famous spot the non-conformance game, so that you can practice what you’ve learnt – ready to do the real thing!
Ask any techie what their number one problem is and 9 out of 10 times they’ll say GMP on the shop floor. With so many people working on the shop floor, it’s bound to be difficult to get everyone to do the same thing and get it right every time. That’s why GMP inspections are so important.
They’re also the businesses early warning system. Finding a problem at inspection level, means that it can be resolved before it causes a problem.
Staff who carry out GMP inspections can get ‘blind’ to what’s in front of them, as they see it every day. Or you if you use office staff to complete them, then they may not know what to look for.
This course provides the basis that every inspector needs, so that they understand what GMP is, what standard is expected and how to tackle the issue of becoming ‘blind’.
Effective GMP inspections will mean that there’s less risk of foreign bodies, reducing complaints and reducing the likelihood of the dreaded ‘sillies’ on external audit.
This training has been designed to meet the following sections of the standards:
| BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 |
BRCGS Packaging Issue 6 |
BRCGS Agents & Brokers Issue 3 |
BRCGS Storage & Distribution Issue 4 |
| 3.4.4 Documented inspections | 3.5.5 Hygiene and fabrication-based inspections | n/a | 3.2.5 Documented inspections
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| FSSC 22000 Version 5.1 |
IFS Food Version 7 |
SQF Food Manufacturing Edition 9 | |
| 2.5.12 Site inspections | 5.2.1 Site and factory inspections | 2.5.4.3 GMP inspections |
About the training
This mini training will teach you the basics of GMP, so that you know what to look for when completing GMP inspections.
The course includes exercises and takes approx. 90 minutes without breaks.
On completion of the unit, there’s a test which is made up of 25 multiple-choice questions. 70% is required to pass each unit and a certificate will be awarded on successful completion of the course. The test is open book and retakes are free of charge.
On completion of this course, it’s recommended that GMP inspectors go on to complete the mini training understanding improvement and non-conformance actions, and identifying conformance and non-conformance.
Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
This course provides an overview of GMP, to give a good basis of understanding so that the learner can go on to complete GMP inspections. It covers; people management, fabrication, equipment and tools, cleaning including clean as you go, pest management, product defence and non-conforming materials.
Practical controls
GMP covers the facility, the equipment, and the people the area to prevent contamination. However, practical controls must also be inspected to ensure that process control checks are completed, recorded and compliant to the procedure. This course ensures that inspectors check records to make sure that they’re legible and accurate.
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Vicky Brooks (verified owner) –
Really like this course – we have used it to give our staff the confidence to know what they are looking for on an inspection. Great as part of the other courses available to build our employees abilities, knowledge and reassurance on the job they are undertaking.
Bayo Kayode – Irish Country Gold –
This course is a very good refresher for some of us who have been conducting GMP audit. I also find it useful for those who will start carrying out GMP audit as it has been simplified to understand. I’ve recently put some of my work colleagues on this course.
Mel Allen –
Thanks for your comments Bayo.
Toni (verified owner) –
Fantastic course!! Not too lengthy whilst still having great coverage of the subject matter & covering all the requirements of the Standards we work to. It was a great refresher for myself when reviewing our internal GMP Inspection SOP and has been an extremely useful, interactive tool for both Supervisors & Operatives. Thank you for generating this training…it is mostly definitely a success!!
Mel Allen –
We’re so pleased that the course has provided what you needed, working in the food-related standards as a flexible film convertor. Training time is precious, so keeping the content focused, achievable and interative is what we aim to do. Thanks Toni for taking time to leave your comments, we hope visitors can use this information for an informed choice when deciding on training with us online.
Julie (verified owner) –
This is a great little course. I needed to do it to remind myself what I was looking for and to give myself confidence in the audit I had put together. It did give me additional hints like taking in the externals to the main factory including pest control. Altogether, I am happy to have completed this course and may put supervisors through just to let them know what is checked besides the line.