Cold chain essentials for drivers (semi-trailers)

Product Code:

KIC105

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

This 4 hour training session is delivered on-site and provides drivers and supervisors with a comprehensive understanding of the factors impacting cold chain compliance during transport.

From airflow management to the importance of pre-chilling the transport, participants will learn the practices necessary to maintain a compliant payload temperature.

Essential for

This cold chain training course provides key guidelines to help drivers, transport supervisors, and other cold chain logistics professionals improve their organisation’s refrigerated transport processes, maintain safety standards and reduce food waste.

It provides essential information for professionals involved in refrigerated transport and cold chain logistics, including:

Manufacturers/Wholesalers:
Drivers, Transport supervisors

Transporters:
Drivers, Driver supervisors

Retailers:
Drivers, Driver supervisors

Content

Refrigerated transport basics

Role of transport refrigeration systems in maintaining proper payload temperatures
The Australian Food and Grocery Council guidelines for ensuring temperature compliance

Heat transfer and airflow

Importance of airflow and the refrigeration cycle in maintaining temperature compliance within
transport
Nature of heat and its behaviour in cold chain environments
Importance of airflow flooring and correct pallet wrapping to prevent temperature variations
Impact of heat and humidity on refrigeration systems and transport operations

Pre trip preparation

Drain holes and their influence on payload temperature and impact on refrigeration
performance
Evaluating the condition and proper engagement of airflow chutes for maintaining optimal
airflow
Process of pre-chilling the transport vehicle and how to validate successful pre-chilling
Impact of damaged panels on refrigeration efficiency and temperature control
Importance of door seals in maintaining a temperature-compliant payload
Importance of a clean transport floor in ensuring optimal refrigeration performance
Importance of hygiene in the transport

Loading

Aligning payload temperature with refrigeration set points for optimal temperature control
Correct positioning and storage of load containment boards to optimise airflow
Best practices for storing and positioning load bars when not in use to maintain operational efficiency
Load line and its role in optimising payload temperature compliance during transport
Correct proximity of the payload to the front wall to optimise refrigeration operation
Risks posed by high, leaning, incorrectly wrapped and sandwich pallets and how to mitigate them
Managing mixed loads and applying thermal matting to ensure temperature stability in transport
Validating payload temperature during loading and unloading to ensure temperature consistency
Door discipline to maintain temperature compliance during transport operations
Three methods for validating product temperature to ensure proper monitoring

In transit and unloading

Identifying and responding to refrigeration alarm signals to prevent temperature excursions
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 better plan and position loads, maintain temperature compliance throughout transport, and confidently identify and address cold chain risks specifically in semi-trailers.

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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