FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor

This training course is FSSC 22000 recognized and Exemplar Global certified.

One of the keys to a good food safety management system is to have very competent third-party auditors assessing the organization’s management system. Value added audits are beneficial to the organization without compromising the impartiality and the integrity of the audit. In most cases, a good third-party auditor could provide food organizations the foundation for continuous improvement instead of simply looking for formal compliance to the clauses of the standard.

Third party auditors are not always well prepared to do audits. The ways and methods usually applied do not get the best results because the auditors tend to do the same activities in every audit not knowing that the mindset of the auditor should adapt to the circumstances.

The purpose of this training is to explain the skills and techniques to do a third-party audit adding value to the organization not limiting the audit to the compliance part, but including important aspects like capability, effectiveness and continuous improvement.

The course will prepare you to plan, conduct, report and follow up an audit of a food safety management system to establish conformity with ISO 22000, ISO/TS 22002-1, FSSC22000 additional requirements, and in accordance with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021.

Course Agenda

Self-paced online (eLearning):

• Introduction to audits
• Auditors - Roles and responsibilities
• Process audits and risk-based approach
• Audit planning
• Conducting the audit
• Managing the audit program - Plan, Check, Act
• Second party audits
• The certification process
• Audit planning for professional auditors
• Stage 1 / Stage 2
• Surveillance audits and subsequent activities

Instructor Led:

• Stage 1 audit & Audit practice 1
• Planning for ST2 audit
• Audit practice 2 - Product Realization
• Audit practice 3 - Other processes / activities
• Audit practice 4 – Reporting
• Closing meeting
• Reporting the audit
• Review and follow up

Final Exam

This course requires the participant to self-study a series of modules before taking the instructor-led part of it. This last part can be delivered remotely on a virtual classroom with a duration of 5 half days or onsite, in your premises, with a duration of 2.5 days.

To get an Exemplar Global recognized certificate, you need to:

• Take all the self-paced modules before attending the instructor-led sessions.
• Have 100% attendance to the instructor-led sessions.
• Participate on all the activities and turn in all the exercises.
• Pass the final exam (passing grade is 70).

Knowledge of the following Food Safety management principles and concepts:

• Implementing or operating a management system within a food sector context.
• Relevant key food safety legislation (this may be specific to delegates’ food industry context and location).
• Knowledge of prerequisite programmes as specified in ISO/TS 22002-X series
• The principles of HACCP as defined by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
• Knowledge of the requirements of ISO 22000 or acceptable equivalent.
• C2002 - Implementing FSSC 22000, A practical approach. (recommended)

• Food Safety professionals who want to audit Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) against ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 and ISO 22002-1 requirements.
• Auditors, HACCP team leaders, or FS professionals who want to add to their credibility with a widely accepted qualification.
• Auditors who want to satisfy the formal training requirements for certification.
• FS Consultants who want to expand their knowledge about audit technics and nonconformity handling.