Hello,
Back from my holidays and the pressure is on. Pre audit 1 month away 
anyway I need a succint way to explain BRC to the workers in production, in a way that makes them understand the importance of their input into the system. I have discovered that no one has spoken to any of the production staff about BRC..(I am a consultant I am not there full time) I inten to include it in the Training manual I am writing up at the moment. So any ideas would be gratefully accepted.
Dear trubertq,
The situation "What to explain about a new system" depends on many factors. For example:
1) Whether the company already has any certified or non certified management system or something like that?
2) Competency level of the staff to be trained - Rank wise.
3) What to explain to whom. All requirements are neither relevant to all nor could be understood by all. Therefore, IMO, you should design separate training modules for each level keeping in mind the competency level of that rank (workers/operators, incharges/supervisors, managers).
4) Some clauses of standard have different impacts on different departments. For example Protective Clothing (Clause 7.5). This clause is generally applicable to multiple departments such as Administration, Production, Storage areas etc. . Each department have different scope of implementation for this set of requirements. Therefore, while explaining a particular clause, one should consider all the aspects of same - the administrative aspects, the managerial aspects, the shop-floor monitoring aspects and the practicing personnel.
I know, probably all these factors could not be considered to fulfill training requirements within a short duration (1 month). May be, if you could clarify the actual situation more specifically, any one of us might give you some more specific helpful hints.
Following is the segregated list of clauses applicable to production department. (not exhaustive of-course)
3.9 Traceability
3.10 Complaint Handling
3.11 Management of Incidents, Product Withdrawal and Recall
4.2 Security
4.3 Internal Site Standards
4.5 Equipment
4.8 Chemical and Physical Product Contamination Control
4.9 Housekeeping & Hygiene
5.2 Handling Requirements for Specific Materials – Materials Containing Allergens and Identity Preserved Materials
5.3 Foreign Body Detection (Monitoring & reporting of metal or
foreign body detection.)
5.4 Product Packaging
5.6 Control of Nonconforming Product
5.7 Product Release
6.1 Control of Operations
6.2 Quantity – Weight, Volume and Number Control
6.3 Calibration and Control of Measuring and Monitoring Devices
7.2 Access and Movement of Personnel
7.3 Personal Hygiene
7.4 Medical Screening
7.5 Procedures and rules for wearing and changing of Protective Clothing
Regards:
M.Zeeshan.
