𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? (BRCGS Food Safety - Training vs Competence)

In the BRCGS Food Safety issue 9 standard,

👍 the terms '𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁', '𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲', '𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆' appear 50 times (I counted them... Nah, of course I did not 😆 )

👩‍🎓 and the terms '𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴', '𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻' 𝗼𝗿 '𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲' are used 90 times !!

Better make sure we know what we're doing because the BRCGS auditor will be checking that we do!

🔺 Be careful that a 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 '𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲' and the auditor may/should want to see how the work is done, speak with people, and actually assess whether staff is COMPETENT for their jobs, not just that they have been trained.

🔺 Equally, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 '𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲' 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱, if a site is not able to present a training certificate/record, it does not/should not (alone) give ground for an NC to be raised, so long as the site CAN demonstrate competence.

🔺 One last thing, a few clauses say '𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲'. In those cases, you're expected to be able to show proof of training, NOT just of competence.

Hope that all makes sense.

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