Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Health, Safety and Biosecurity

Barbados and the OECS face a health care environment that is becoming increasingly complex and costly to maintain.  The challenges presented by the health care environment demand that medical personnel engage in continuous learning, and that average citizens play a greater role in personal and familial and community health management.  As a response to societal needs and concerns, the Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning at the Cave Hill Campus offers a suite of continuing education and professional development courses to doctors, nurses and therapists, while offering beginners’ courses in the management of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension to the general public. The Centre also offers courses in health and safety, and sustainable building concepts for the building sector, as well as courses in Biosecurity and its relevance in the Caribbean context.

Health

Pesticide and Pest Management

Pesticide and Pest Management

Overview

This course is based on a regionally recognised and certified course using the Bureau Standards Jamaica (BSJ) course curriculum. In this course, participants will learn how to develop and maintain a pest control programme and develop a greater understanding regulatory and food safety regulations, using best practices and case study examples, in a collaborative and interactive eLearning environment.

What will I Learn?

On successful completion of the short course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss a range of pest preventive controls.
• Discuss recordkeeping, verification and validation procedures, and food safety hazards associated with pest. 
• Apply risk-based preventative controls that meet local and international standards.
• Use pesticides safely around food handling areas.
• Explain how to prevent pesticide cross contamination.
• Develop a pest control plan.

Who Should do this Course

• Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Operations personnel in the food industry
• Food Safety Practitioners 
• Pest Control Technicians
• Pest Control Service Providers
• HACCP Coordinators
• Food Safety Technicians/ Auditors
• Retail and Food Service Managers/Supervisors

Important Information

The purpose of the short course is to enhance participants’ knowledge of preventive controls, recordkeeping, verification and validation procedures, and food safety hazards associated with pest, so they can create a pest control plan.

 

At a Glance

  • Admissions Term: TBA
  • Registration: Open
  • Date: TBA
  • Time: 12:00pm- 3:00pm AST
  • Location: Virtual
  • Duration: 1 week (15 hours)
  • Certificate Awarded: Professional Development Certificate of Competence
  • Capacity:
  • Cost: BDS $500 / US $250.00

The following topics will be addressed:  

• Introduction to Course & Types of Food Pest
• Pesticides and their Use
• Pest Management
• Inspection and Food Storage
• Record keeping and validation procedures
• Steps in Developing a Pest Control plan
• Resources for Preparing Pest Control plan
• Hazard Analysis & Preventive Controls Determination

This course will be delivered synchronously online. Participants will be engaged through PowerPoint presentations, and interactive online discussions, group exercises, and case studies.

Nadine Benn-Greaves SCM, CFS

Mrs. Benn-Greaves holds a M.Sc. in Food Science & Technology and a B.Sc. Chemical & Process Engineering, in addition to a number of professional development certifications as a trainer in agro-food processing and food safety, inclusive of pest management and pesticide use.