Summary
In short
- A good manufacturing practice training is a training used in KnowTrain that covers hygiene, clothing, jewellery, personal habits and behaviour in production areas. It is built against SQF 11.3, BRC 7 and forms part of the HACCP and Food Safety programme.
- Delivered at hire and refreshed yearly. Run by quality.
- The template holds 51 fields across 6 sections, with attendance repeating for each entry.
- Scoring is percent with pass mark, where high is good.
- BRC is bRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety. The earlier name for BRCGS. Clause numbers refer to the food safety standard.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Worker, Site.
What it is
What it is
What is a good manufacturing practice training?
A good manufacturing practice training is a training used in KnowTrain that covers hygiene, clothing, jewellery, personal habits and behaviour in production areas. It is built against SQF 11.3, BRC 7 and forms part of the HACCP and Food Safety programme.
When is a good manufacturing practice training completed?
A good manufacturing practice training is completed when someone joins, changes role, or their competency is due to expire. Delivered at hire and refreshed yearly.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This training is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this training covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form TRN-2026-000
- You are running the HACCP and Food Safety programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links worker, site
Not for
- HACCP Training, which covers hazard analysis, critical control points, monitoring and corrective action.
- Allergen Awareness Training, which covers which allergens are handled, how cross contact happens and what changeover requires.
- Internal Auditor Training, which covers audit planning, evidence gathering, writing findings and reporting.
- Anything outside KnowTrain, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
BRCBRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety
The earlier name for BRCGS. Clause numbers refer to the food safety standard.
SQFSafe Quality Food
A GFSI recognised certification scheme. Module 2 covers system elements, module 11 good manufacturing practice.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the good manufacturing practice training template based on?+
It is built against SQF 11.3, BRC 7. BRC is bRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety. The earlier name for BRCGS. Clause numbers refer to the food safety standard. SQF is safe Quality Food. A GFSI recognised certification scheme. Module 2 covers system elements, module 11 good manufacturing practice.
What sections does the good manufacturing practice training contain?+
There are 6 sections: header, theory content, knowledge check, attendance, practical, record. Together they hold 51 fields, 36 of which are required.
How often is a good manufacturing practice training raised?+
A new record is raised when someone joins, changes role, or their competency is due to expire. Each one is given an ID in the form TRN-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the good manufacturing practice training belong to?+
It is part of HACCP and Food Safety, Sanitation and Hygiene, Statutory Safety Training. A HACCP system an auditor can follow from hazard to record without asking a single question.
How is a good manufacturing practice training scored?+
Scoring is percent with pass mark. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the good manufacturing practice training template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the good manufacturing practice training library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowTrain — training and credentials. Induction, competency, toolbox talks, refreshers and expiry tracking.
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Sources
- BRC — BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety
- SQF — Safe Quality Food