Vertical Audits for Food Safety Leads
- 1.5 hours
- Online
- On-demand
Vertical audits are a powerful tool for understanding how well a food safety system is working in practice - but they can be tricky to navigate without the right approach. This course clarifies how to lead your team through Vertical Audits, and provides insight to better understand external system-based audits.
This module is part of our Vertical Audit Package for Senior Leadership Teams training program that provides tools to help your Senior Leadership Team plan and execute vertical audits together with confidence, gather meaningful evidence, and strengthen your overall internal audit program.
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Course Details
Is This Training for Me?
This training is ideal for Food Safety / Quality leads in food manufacturing.
What’s Included?
- Video lessons
- Practical exercises
- Downloadable tools & templates
- Final assessment
- Training certificate
Topics Covered
How to Perform a Vertical Audit
- What is a Vertical Audit?
- How to Make a Vertical Audit Form
- Gathering Records
- Interpreting the Results
- Reporting
Audit Support Tools
- Clarifying Terms
- Traceability Exercise
- Mass Balance
Practice
- Examples of Audit Trails
- Writing Non-Conformances
- Rating Non-Conformances
After This Training You Will Be Able To:
- Lead your team during a Vertical Audit
- Understand the difference between vertical audits, traceability exercises, and mass balance
- Better understand what’s happening during an external audit
- Report results and drive improvement
- Draw meaningful conclusions about system performance
Technical Requirements
To access our online training, you will need:
- Email account (must be individual)
- Desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device
Your device will need to have the following capabilities:
- Video/audio output
- High-speed internet connection (minimum speed of 5Mbps recommended)
- The latest version of one of the following browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge