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Module 1 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series: how to design, implement and document a training program that meets SQF Code requirements and builds real competence across your site. This webinar has already aired; the recording will be uploaded soon.
Last updated October 8, 2026
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Join the Invite ListModule 1 aired February 25, 2026, and its recording will be uploaded soon. You'll complete registration for Module 6 on its webinar page.
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Food Safety Academy Free WebinarsDec 2 · Free
Register FreeTraining is the foundation of food safety compliance, yet it's consistently one of the top audit findings. In this foundational session of the Food Safety Academy 2026 series, attendees learned how to design, implement and document a training program that not only meets SQF Code requirements but actually changes behavior and builds competence across the organization.
Module 1 aired live on February 25, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET, and the recording will be uploaded soon. The series continues with Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026. Register free.
Held February 25, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET.
Food Safety Academy 2026, a free series on SQF Edition 10, supplier management and compliance.
Every webinar in the series is free.
For teams preparing for SQF certification or audits.
Six parts of a training program that holds up at audit time.
Exactly what the SQF Code requires for initial training, refresher training and competency verification.
How to identify who needs what training and when, based on job roles and risk.
Adult learning principles that make training stick, not just check boxes.
What records you must keep and how to organize them for easy audit retrieval.
Beyond sign-in sheets: practical ways to prove employees actually learned.
A step-by-step guide to creating a comprehensive training plan.
SQF Code element 2.9 covers training. SQFI's own tip sheet on employee training programs breaks it into five parts.
Identify the skills each role in the SQF system needs, from shift and relief staff to supervisors, managers and technical staff, based on job descriptions and work instructions.
Plan training around your food safety objectives, and document the needs assessment, competencies, job duties and training methods.
Provide refresher training as appropriate, for example annually, at the start of a new season, or when products, processes or the SQF System change.
Records that show the trainee, the skill or knowledge, the type of training, the date, the training provider and the competency assessment.
Training alone doesn't prove ability. Verify each employee can perform the task consistently, for example by observing them on the job.
Source: SQFI Tip Sheet 13, Employee Training Program, which points to SQF Code clauses 2.9.1.1, 2.9.2.1, 2.9.6.1 and 2.9.7.1.
The people who build, run or answer for a site's training program.
The people who own the SQF system and its training requirements.
QA staff who keep training records and verify competency.
The people who schedule, deliver and document training.
Managers preparing for SQF certification or audits.
Leaders whose teams need the right skills to run safely.
Six free, live online webinars on SQF Edition 10, supplier management and compliance. See all free webinars.
Design, implement and document a site-wide training program that meets the SQF Code.
Build a risk-based supplier approval and auditing program.
What changed from SQF Edition 9 to 10, and what to update before 2027.
Measure and improve food safety culture across your organization.
Technology options for FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204).
What auditors will scrutinize in SQF Edition 10 audits, and a final readiness check.
Live online SQF courses from Kiwa ASI, an SQFI Licensed Training Center.
SQFI's course for SQF Practitioners, covering the whole Code, including element 2.9 training.
16 contact hours · 4 half-days · Live via Zoom · 8:30 AM–12:30 PM CT
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For SQF Practitioners moving a certified site from Edition 9 to Edition 10.
Half day on Zoom · 8:30 AM–12:30 PM CT
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SQFI's Advanced SQF Practitioner course for experienced practitioners preparing for recertification.
2 full days · Live via Zoom
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How to design, implement and document an SQF training program: the SQF Code's training requirements, training needs assessments, effective training delivery, documentation that satisfies auditors, competency verification and building a training matrix.
February 25, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET, live online. It was Module 1 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series.
This webinar has already aired, and the recording will be uploaded soon. Check back on this page, or email US.Info@kiwa-asi.com with questions.
Yes. Every webinar in the Food Safety Academy 2026 series is free to attend.
SQF Code element 2.9 covers training. SQFI's Tip Sheet 13 describes the core: a training needs analysis that identifies the skills each role needs, a documented training program, refresher training as appropriate, a training skills register, and verification that employees are competent to do the task. See what SQF expects.
SQFI says training records must identify the individual, the training applied, the skills gained and how competency was assessed. A register typically shows the trainee, the skill or knowledge, the type of training, the date, the training provider and the competency assessment, which is generally done by the immediate supervisor.
SQFI says the site must provide refresher training as appropriate, for example annually, at the start of a new season, or when products, processes or the SQF System change. Base the frequency on your training needs analysis.
Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep: What Auditors Will Be Looking For in 2027, on December 2, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT. Register on the Module 6 page.
Kiwa ASI teaches Implementing SQF Systems, the SQF Edition 10 Conversion Course and SQF Advanced Practitioner training live online. For six or more people, we also offer private training on site or virtually. Email US.Info@kiwa-asi.com or call 1 (800) 477-0778.
Register free for Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026, or ask about private SQF training for your team.
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