Background

In order to advocate the local organic certification services for Crop industry to become more professional and standardization. The Centre and the International Organic Inspectors Association (International Organic Inspectors Association, referred IOIA) co-organized the programme of “Organic Crop Inspection Training” in January 2020. The courses includes “Basic Organic Crop Inspection training”and “Organic Aquaculture Inspection Workshop”respectively. Interested parties with relevant qualifications are welcome to register.

Course Information

The course includes but not limited to inspection skills of organic operation, code of conduct of inspector, inspection procedures, audit trail, report writing skills and etc. In addition the courses are conducted by the senior tutor from IOIA. Participants will also visit different organic farms for simulating inspection and exam (if any). Regarding to the internationally recognized curriculum, participants who completed the course and pass the exam are eligible to apply the part-time inspector’s job from HKORC, and even have the opportunity to overseas or other relevant international organic certification bodies as inspectors.

Dates and Venues

• Basic Organic Crop Inspection Training

Application deadline:  31 October 2019

Date: 13-17 January 2020 (Mon-Fri,4.5 days)

Venue: RRS 905, Sir Run Run Shaw Building , Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

• Organic Aquaculture Inspection Workshop

Application deadline:  31 October 2019

Date: 18-19 January 2020 (Sat-Sun, 1.5 days)

Venue: RRS 905, Sir Run Run Shaw Building , Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

For more information about the course content or application, please contact our staff via email to orc_cert@hkbu.edu.hk or call at 3411 2534.