Now updated with the latest guidance on the Human Food Rule. Get the FDA’s Standardized Curriculum, plus practical training scenarios for the products you make!
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PCQI Online Training
The food industry can be a high-turnover environment. Ensure your company is prepared for an inspection by training multiple Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQIs) on GMPs, HACCP and risk-based preventive controls.
Who Should Take This Course?
This ten-module program is for anyone in the food industry who needs to be trained in the role and responsibilities of a Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI).
PCQIs must be proficient in hazard analysis, risk-based prevention and control standards as required by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
ImEPIK’s course is not only based on the FDA’s Standardized Curriculum, it was recently updated for the latest regulatory guidance and includes product-specific training scenarios.
A certificate of completion can be printed and downloaded for your records upon course completion.
Course Description
ImEPIK’s course is 100% online, which means it can be taken from anywhere with a reliable internet connection, and at any time. The course is interactive and assessment-based and teaches employees what they need to know to comply with the law and produce high-quality, safe food for global consumers.
PCQI Online Includes:
- The latest guidance on FSMA’s PCHF Rule – a lot has changed since the rule’s 2015 release.
- The FDA’s Standardized Curriculum.
- Product-specific content for those making baked goods, produce, dairy, cannabis-infused edibles or ready-to-eat to foods. No other PCQI course allows you to customize your course with content specific to the products you make.
The course further supports the learning experience with voice-over-narration, animated videos, sequential content, and the ability to go back and review information missed on assessments. The interactive experience is complemented with an online study manual covering specific regulations, GMPs, and supplementary material for each module.
The course culminates when trainees develop a food safety plan outline and take the final examination.
Course Modules
Module One
The Food Safety Modernization Act: Advancing Prevention Focused Food Safety Systems
Module Two
Personnel: Roles and Responsibilities for Food Safety
Module Three
Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
- Module Three Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
Module Four
Hazard Analysis and The Process Flow Diagram
Module Five
The Written Food Safety Plan
Module Six
Sanitation, Allergen and Environmental Controls
Module Seven
Supply Chain Controls
- Module Three Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
Module Eight
The Recall Plan and Recordkeeping with Related Rules
Module Nine
Putting it all Together – Building the Food Safety Plan
Module Ten
Food Safety Plan Outline: Final Project
Technology Requirements
You will need a PC or tablet with internet access.
- Chrome – should be within 2 releases of the latest version
- FireFox – should be within 2 releases of the latest version
- IE – IE 11 and above
- Safari on OS x – should be within 1 release of the latest version
FSMA's Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule
117.180 (c) (1): “to be a preventive controls qualified individual, the individual must have successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls at least equivalent to that received under a standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the FDA or otherwise qualified through job experience to develop and apply a food safety system. Job experience may qualify an individual to perform these functions if such experience has provided an individual with knowledge at least equivalent to that provided through the standardized curriculum. This individual may be, but is not required to be, an employee of the facility.”
Each FDA-registered facility must designate a PCQI who is responsible for the development, oversight and management of the Food Safety Plan. The PCQI is required to have training and experience that exceeds existing HACCP-based systems.
ImEPIK’s PCQI Online is based on the FDA’s Standard Curriculum, but also includes product-specific content for those making baked goods, produce, dairy, cannabis-infused edibles or ready-to-eat to foods. No other PCQI course allows you to customize your course with content specific to the products you make.
FAQs
When we say the course is “100% Online,” we mean that it’s self-paced and does not require you to schedule a virtual classroom session or attend a webinar. You do the training on your time, whenever you want and from wherever you and your computer/tablet are located.
Most other PCQI offerings are either in-person courses or are partially online and require scheduling additional sessions to earn your completion certificate. ImEPIK’s course is 100% online and totally self-paced, which means you can avoid stringent schedules or limited seating in virtual classrooms.
When you complete PCQI Online, you will receive the certificate of completion that you need as defined in FSMA and required by the FDA – but it won’t be from the FSPCA. In fact, FSPCA endorsement isn’t legally required.
Your completion certificate needs only to come from an organization that utilizes the standard curriculum recognized as “adequate” by the FDA.
ImEPIK’s PCQI Online course follows the standard curriculum and goes beyond it by providing product-specific content for bakery, produce, dairy, ready-to-eat foods and cannabis-infused edibles.
At the end of the day, a certificate from the FSPCA isn’t required – just ask the inspectors and auditors who have accepted ImEPIK’s certificate of completion as proof that PCQIs have been trained.
You will automatically receive a completion certificate once you pass the final exam and there is no additional cost.
Yes, this course is designed to prepare you for the role of PCQI. PCQI Online was designed using the FDA’s Standardized Curriculum, but our exclusively online format means you don’t have to sit in a classroom lecture for hours on end.
The course is broken up into 10 modules that include voice-over-narration, animated videos, and interactive exercises complemented by an online study manual. By the end of the course, you will have completed practical situations that culminate with the development of a food safety plan outline.
Yes, once purchased, your login information remains active and you will have access to all the material. Since our course is entirely online and self-paced, you also have the option to skip through the material so you can reacquaint yourself with only the sections you need.
Yes, our checkout process allows you to purchase multiple licenses at one time, as well as assign these courses to the correct individuals. Course licenses can also be assigned later – the process was designed to be flexible.
In addition, we have team pricing so you can purchase multiple courses at a reduced rate. If you have any questions please contact us at support@imepik.com
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