Contribute to the Growing Compendium and Be Recognized

The first volume of the GCSE-Food & Health Protection Compendium of Guiding Principles has been available for some time now. However, this is being continuously updated and contributions are needed from industry professionals and experts. You are invited to freely share your “words” of professional wisdom. If approved, your contribution will be published in the Compendium. This is a continuing opportunity because the Compendium will continue to be updated from time to time.

The guiding principles are short bits of advice that are helpful to industry operators, managers, consultants and evaluators. The names of contributors are listed alphabetically (by Last Name/Surname) in the acknowledgment section of the Compendium.

Contributions are to be unique, useful and easy to adopt by the industry. The scope covers a wide range of subjects that align with the scope of the GCSE-FHP goals and objectives. All submissions are subject to approval before they are included in the Compendium. Contributors with up to 5 or more approved entries will receive access to download a current copy of the Compendium. Depending on the number of contributions, contributors may also receive additional recognition and GCSE-FHP membership benefits.

Please send your submissions to: gcse@afisservices.com  with at least the following information:

 

1.     Full Name

2.     Membership certificate number (only contributions from members of GCSE-FHP are being accepted at this time)

3.     Name of current company or organization

4.     Country

5.     Email Address

6.     Your suggested guiding principle (brief advice)

You may submit as many guiding principles as you wish.

Ideas for submissions:

Contributed principles are to be unique, brief, useful and easy to adopt by industry operators and evaluators. The scope covers the same considerations as are outlined in the goals and objectives of GCSE-FHP:

–      protecting public health

–      promoting regulatory compliance

–      producing sufficient and safe food, pharmaceuticals and other health-related products

–      keeping food fresh

–      avoiding wastage

–      ensuring equitable and efficient distribution

–      encouraging social responsibility

–      maintaining environmental sustainability

You may view examples of the Guiding Principles here:  

http://www.afisservices.com/gcse-fhp/GPs.html
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Curriculum Development Guide for the GCSE-Food & Health Protection Consumer Protection Training Program:

If you wish to be approved as a training provider, the guide for developing your curriculum is now available. It outlines the background understanding, the requirements for approval as a training provider, general aspects that the course must cover, the content of the submission package for approval, etc.

The guide is available to members of GCSE-FHP and your certificate # is your user name. You need to request a unique password that gives you access to the guide. You may send an email directly to the GCSE-FHP Team or use the online “Contact Us” link below to request your pass word. Please provide your membership certificate number in your request.

Contact Us : http://www.afisservices.com/gcse-fhp/gcseinquiry.html

GCSE-FHP Consumer Protection Training Program - The Benefits to the Various Groups:

Training providers – benefit from their participation

Trainees – benefit through acquired certification

Trained and Certified Personnel – benefit in their employability and through the ready access to information from GCSE-FHP for ongoing professional development

Practicing Industry Professionals - benefit from an expanded scope of professional engagement

Organizations – benefit from the assistance provided by GCSE-FHP in the development of their training programs

Employers – benefit from the readily available pool of trained and committed employees

Consumers – benefit from the acquired knowledge and the empowerment to be actively engaged in ensuring that products are safe

To learn more about the training program and how you can take advantage of its benefits to you, please contact the GCSE-FHP Team:  http://www.afisservices.com/gcse-fhp/gcseinquiry.html

Certificate in Food & Health Protection (CFHP) Training Program

A major focus of GCSE-Food & Health Protection is to drive the right mindset in protecting the consumers of food and health products. Strategic collaboration is needed worldwide if reasonable success is to be achieved and maintained in the prevention of health problems caused by food and health products. To this end, the GSCE-Food & Health Protection has launched the CFHP training program that focuses on the principles and practice of consumer protection among other things.

GCSE-FHP recognizes the necessity to adequately train industry participants and stakeholders. This includes consumers. Adopting a mindset of collaboration in the assurance of consumer safety and satisfaction is crucial for all industry participants, regulators and evaluators, etc. Many industry professionals are already positioned to work, and are working with this preferred mindset but there are some inhibitors. The CFHP program is designed to counteract these inhibitors.

A consistent provision of properly designed training and coaching is necessary to break habits that lead to products failures and injury to consumers. Specialists in their respective fields are needed to perform the collaborative roles that are proposed by GCSE-FHP. Ongoing training is necessary in order to create and maintain an environment where there is no longer any need for operators to be policed. Operators and their employees need to learn the benefits and adopt the ideals of being self-motivated and determined to ensure both consumer safety and business survival. The CFHP program is designed to meet these training and coaching needs.

Several challenges interfere with the achievement of consistent excellence in the protection of consumers. These include:

• Lack of financial resources
• Lack of human resource
• Lack of awareness
• Employee indifference or laziness
• High employee turnover rates 
• Resistance to change 
• Excess focus on profit-making
• Criminal intent
• Politics or political protectionism
• Unfair economic opportunism
• Et cetera

Minimizing the disruptions caused by these factors requires more than training. However, it starts with a well designed and implemented training program such as the CFHP program. This program is designed for all industry stakeholders and participants, including consumers.

GCSE-FHP is continuing to enlist training providers, training centres, consultants, prospective students and companies worldwide for the CFHP program.

For additional information about this training program or the curriculum development guidelines, please contact the GCSE-Food & Health Protection Team via email - gcse@afisservices.com - or go to: http://www.afisservices.com/gcse-fhp/gcseinquiry.html