Cold chain essentials for drivers (small delivery vehicles)

Product Code:

KIC106

Cost:

$2,200 + $150 per driver/driver supervisor + GST
(Executive staff are included in the $2,200 fee)

Duration:

4 hours

Delivery:

On-site

Overview

Part of our suite of cold chain training courses for drivers and supervisors, this 4 hour short course is delivered on site at your premises. It focuses on managing temperature-sensitive deliveries in vehicles such as those used in home grocery deliveries, rigid trucks used in transporting food from manufacturers to retailers, and other final mile delivery vehicles.

Participants will learn the importance of cold chain compliance and maintaining safe food temperature throughout loading and unloading transport, and how to maintain optimal refrigeration conditions so that the load will not be compromised.

Essential for

Manufacturers/Wholesalers
Transport supervisor
Driver

Transporters
Driver
Driver supervisor

Retailers
Driver
Driver supervisor

Content

Refrigerated transport basics

Role of transport refrigeration systems in maintaining consistent payload temperatures
Operational implications of different types of refrigeration units
Options of secure-idle systems
The Australian Food and Grocery Council guidelines for ensuring temperature-compliant product transportation

Heat transfer and airflow

Significance of airflow and the refrigeration cycle in maintaining temperature control
Behaviour of heat and its effects on cold chain environments
Effect of humidity on refrigeration systems and product temperature during transport

Pre-trip preparation

Drain holes and their influence on payload temperature and refrigeration efficiency
Pre-chilling the transport vehicles and how to validate pre-chilling completion
Damaged panels and their impact on refrigeration performance and temperature stability
Door seals and the role they play in maintaining a temperature-compliant payload
Aligning refrigeration set points with compliant payload requirements
Importance of hygiene in the transport

Loading

Importance of compliant payload temperature at point of loading
Validating payload temperature during loading and unloading to ensure product safety
Three methods for validating product temperature to ensure compliance

In transit and unloading

Door discipline and its role in maintaining temperature compliance
Importance of regular manual defrosts to ensure proper refrigeration function
Use and impact of thermal curtains in maintaining temperature control
Removing keys from off-engine drive delivery vehicles for security and compliance
Validating product temperature across the delivery to maintain product safety and minimise food waste
When temperature rejection occurs all might not be lost

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, participants will have gained the skills and knowledge to maintain safe food temperature in accordance with Australian cold chain guidelines. Participants will be able to positively impact food quality and freshness by following best practices before each trip, during transit, and throughout unloading their goods.

This short cold chain training course will ensure drivers and supervisors can confidently load and configure cargo, maintain and monitor refrigerated and frozen food delivery temperatures, and help minimise food waste.

Meet your trainer

Adam Wade is Australia’s leading cold chain warrior. An experienced cold chain consultant and trainer, he is one of the country’s leading voices in helping manufacturers, retailers and producers improve compliance, minimise food waste, reduce costs throughout the supply chain, and deliver fresher, safer products to their customers.

Adam brings transparency, accountability and connectivity to those operating in the cold chain through training, education, process improvement and technology.

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