Training Courses - earn a Certificate !

Building HACCP into Your Food Safety Program is a two day basic training course.  Learn to analyze and control potential hazards in your process to ensure safe food. Gain tools to build your HACCP plan and better understand the prerequisite programs, GMPs and HACCP principles.

HACCP training was developed in the 1960s and continues to be required for staff at most GFSI (SQF, BRCGS, PrimusGFS) audited facilities.

Certificate: Upon completion of this course, the participant is awarded an  International HACCP Alliance (IHA) approved Certificate of Completion.

Private trainings for your employees can be tailored to your business with facility and product-specific examples.  Instructor-led interactive online training is also an option (Zoom based)!   Some courses are available in Spanish.   

 Which courses do you need?  

•  Good Manufacturing Practices - GMPs

•  Good Distribution Practices - GDPs  

•   HACCP for Processors - 2 days 

•   HACCP for Produce Ops - 2 days 

•   Other HACCP (Juice, Warehouse & Distribution,  Advanced, Cannabis) 

•   SQF Training  

•   BRCGS Training  

•  Internal Auditor (can be targeted for SQF, BRCGS, etc.)  

•   PrimusGFS  Training  

•   Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCQI) - 20 hour FSPCA course 

•   Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) - 12-16 hr.  FSPCA course

*Available Classroom or Distance Learning

Preventive Controls for Human Food  Training  is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States.  It is a risk-based training like HACCP, but more extensive.  At least one Preventive Controls “qualified individual” (PCQI) is required at each facility if the company is under the FDA's Preventive Controls for Human (or Animal) Food Rule. 

Certificate:  Upon completion of this course, the participant is awarded an FSPCA issued Certificate of Completion.

Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Training: Regulations require importers to ensure that food imported into the U.S. is produced in compliance with the standards required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The same level of public health protection must be upheld in accordance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Importers must have the Foreign Supplier Verification Program covered to verify that their foreign suppliers are producing food in a manner that upholds these produce safety regulations.

Certificate:  Upon completion of this course, the participant is awarded an FSPCA issued Certificate of Completion.

Servsafe Food Handlers, Food Managers Certification Course If you work in the food service industry in the State of California you are required to get your food handler certificate. This eight hour course and exam covers all of the required topics such as proper times and temperatures for cooking and storing food, personal hygiene, equipment sanitation and information for the production/servicing of safe food. This course is designed for the entry level managers and supervisors. 

Certificate: Upon completion of this course, students will receive a state approved Food Safety Certificate good for five years and their California Food Handler Card.

American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Training This course follows and meets AHA guidelines for first responder Heart Saver CPR and First Aid. Our Instructors are AHA certified and teach the course to the highest standard.

Certificate: Upon completion of this course, all participants will receive their AHA two year certificate and card. AED training is also offered at an additional cost.