Play an important role in the expanding food and beverage processing industry by ensuring food safety and quality assurance.

 

The food industry finds itself responding to consumer demands for more refined, sophisticated, and convenient products with an increased responsibility for processors in terms of food safety and quality assurance standards. To help support the ever increasing demand to attract highly-skilled workers to the growing food and beverage processing industry in Ontario, the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Management, Ontario College Graduate Certificate program provides extensive, hands-on training for careers in food and beverage processing, safety and quality assurance. This four term, full-time program is designed for students with previous degrees or diplomas in related sciences, engineering or food safety, and will add to previous education and skills that directly apply to the food processing environment.

 

Curriculum focuses on principles of food safety and quality assurance standards applicable to the Canadian food and beverage processing industries. The core elements of this program include food analysis, food safety culture, regulatory compliance, sanitation and quality management systems. The program offers a unique blend of theoretical and practical knowledge, including a co-op/project term to allow students to integrate in the Quality Assurance management team.

 

Graduates will have strong knowledge of food and beverage processing procedures, sanitation practices, HACCP principles, health and safety practices, food safety standards, as well as good communication, leadership and problem solving skills.