BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 Lead Auditor | Virtual
BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 Lead Auditor | Virtual
£1,043.00 (+ VAT if based in UK)
NOTE: Your tutor led Zoom sessions take 5 hrs, however, full 8hr days of work is required. You will see 8 hrs in BRCGS Educate once you have enrolled (this is correct for the overall time you need per day) and don’t worry, we will send you clear instructions how to enrol when you book with us. Note that Educate start and end times are not always correct, since these are fixed in the portal, please note our specific Zoom session start times instead. Please ensure that you set aside the required time to complete your homework assignments which will take approximately 3 hrs per day.
🕒 Check what time the course will be running based on your time zone here.
- UK: 12:00 – 17:00
- USA/Canada: 07:00 – 12:00
We offer this course as…
- Open Virtual Session (via Zoom): 1 or more attendees
- Inhouse (for your team only), Virtual or at your site: UK: 4+ attendees | Internationally: 8+ attendees
- Onsite: UK: 4+ attendees | Internationally: 8+ attendees
- Classroom (4 UK locations available): min 4+ attendees.
Contact us for a quote.
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Looking for this training in French?
We have a session scheduled for 24 to 28 Nov 2025, which will be delivered by a French-speaking ATP trainer, Sonia Andre. This session will be delivered 9am – 5pm UK London time. To book, simply select the date in the dropdown list and follow the checkout process.
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This 5-day in-depth training course will provide an understanding of the Standard in terms of the protocol, requirements and how to audit effectively.
Delegates will also gain an in-depth guide to the requirements of the standard, and learn how to undertake a BRCGS audit, including effective planning, conducting and reporting of the audit. Auditing techniques will be practiced and developed, to include the auditor competency skills required of GFSI scheme auditors. Delegates must have a prior working knowledge of quality management systems and auditing within the relevant manufacturing sector, and have completed a HACCP course of at least 2 days duration (see also our Level 3 and Level 4 HACCP & Food Safety courses, both of which meet this requirement).
Successful completion of this course, including the exam, forms part of the training necessary to become a BRC Global Standards auditor. The steps necessary to complete your training must be arranged with a BRC Global Standards-approved certification body.
This course is part of the BRC Global Standards Professional recognition programme.
EXAM Revision: STC has developed additional revision materials for our attendees. However, it can also be very helpful to complete the 25 question Sites training exam, for revision and exam practice purposes. The exam can be purchased here, as an add on to your Auditor course.
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INCLUDED IN COURSE PRICE
The course fee includes:
- The exam / assignment as relevant
- Course materials (emailed to you beforehand)
- Your Certificate of Achievement following successful completion of the exam / assignment (immediately downloadable for BRCGS courses or emailed to you within 24 hrs for STC courses).
Note that STC is proud to be 100% paperless.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Certification body auditors or new auditors seeking registration, technical and quality managers who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the audit process, consultants.
PRIOR TO ATTENDING
It is a BRCGS requirement for all delegates to have:
✔ Downloaded and read a copy of the Global Standard before attending.
✔ Completed a HACCP course of at least two days duration.
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To provide an understanding of:
- The details of the scheme
- The requirements of the Standard and how compliance can be demonstrated
- BRC Global Standards auditing protocol
- Effective auditing techniques
AT THE END OF THE COURSE YOU WILL
- Understand the background & benefits of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
- Understand the relationship with SALSA, ISO and GFSI-benchmarked Standards.
- Know the fundamental clauses and statements of intent.
- Understand audit methodology, the enrolment program and the audit schemes.
- Know how to close an audit and deal with corrective actions.
- Know how reports are uploaded onto the BRCGS Directory & how certificates are issued.
- Understand the benefits of a BRC Global Standards Directory listing.
- Understand how certification bodies are monitored for compliance by BRC Global Standards.
ASSESSMENT Information for candidate.
Note: it is possible to request a Certificate of Attendance if you prefer not to complete the assessment, however please notify us beforehand.
To receive a Certificate of Achievement, the following assessment must be completed.
- 50 Question Exam. Pass Mark 75%
💡Please note:
- We use translated captions. Just let your trainer know if you’d like to take advantage of this fantastic feature.
- Exam is available in multiple languages such as English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, French
LIVE ONLINE: Please note that this is an online course with a live trainer, delivered via zoom. A zoom link will be sent upon booking so that the attendee can easily join the class online. Course notes will be shared beforehand and these will be shared on the screen also. All attendees and the trainer can see and talk with each other at all times so that it’s interactive and very much like being in a classroom.
TRAINER: Your trainer will be one of our team of BRCGS ATP’s (approved training partner) and AVTs (approved virtual trainer). Visit https://1stc.uk/about-us/ to meet our team.
LOCATION: All courses are delivered online.
WHEN: Find an open course date on the course calendar, or select a course date in the drop down box on this page or Contact us to arrange a course date that suits you if you have a group requiring training.
Description
INCLUDED IN COURSE PRICE
The course fee includes:
- The exam / assignment as relevant
- Course materials (emailed to you beforehand)
- Your Certificate of Achievement following successful completion of the exam / assignment (immediately downloadable for BRCGS courses or emailed to you within 24 hrs for STC courses).
Note that STC is proud to be 100% paperless.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Certification body auditors or new auditors seeking registration, technical and quality managers who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the audit process, consultants.
PRIOR TO ATTENDING
It is a BRCGS requirement for all delegates to have:
✔ Downloaded and read a copy of the Global Standard before attending.
✔ Completed a HACCP course of at least two days duration.
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To provide an understanding of:
- The details of the scheme
- The requirements of the Standard and how compliance can be demonstrated
- BRC Global Standards auditing protocol
- Effective auditing techniques
AT THE END OF THE COURSE YOU WILL
- Understand the background & benefits of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
- Understand the relationship with SALSA, ISO and GFSI-benchmarked Standards.
- Know the fundamental clauses and statements of intent.
- Understand audit methodology, the enrolment program and the audit schemes.
- Know how to close an audit and deal with corrective actions.
- Know how reports are uploaded onto the BRCGS Directory & how certificates are issued.
- Understand the benefits of a BRC Global Standards Directory listing.
- Understand how certification bodies are monitored for compliance by BRC Global Standards.
ASSESSMENT Information for candidate.
Note: it is possible to request a Certificate of Attendance if you prefer not to complete the assessment, however please notify us beforehand.
To receive a Certificate of Achievement, the following assessment must be completed.
- 50 Question Exam. Pass Mark 75%
💡Please note:
- We use translated captions. Just let your trainer know if you’d like to take advantage of this fantastic feature.
- Exam is available in multiple languages such as English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, French
LIVE ONLINE: Please note that this is an online course with a live trainer, delivered via zoom. A zoom link will be sent upon booking so that the attendee can easily join the class online. Course notes will be shared beforehand and these will be shared on the screen also. All attendees and the trainer can see and talk with each other at all times so that it’s interactive and very much like being in a classroom.
TRAINER: Your trainer will be one of our team of BRCGS ATP’s (approved training partner) and AVTs (approved virtual trainer). Visit https://1stc.uk/about-us/ to meet our team.
LOCATION: All courses are delivered online.
WHEN: Find an open course date on the course calendar, or select a course date in the drop down box on this page or Contact us to arrange a course date that suits you if you have a group requiring training.
Additional information
| Date: | 24 to 28 Nov 2025 (French), 20 to 24 Oct 2025, 01 to 05 Dec 2025 |
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HOW TO BOOK
Booking is easy.
Choose any of the options below.
- Purchase a Course on our website
- Send an Email : academy@1stc.uk
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Each month we donate £5 from each booking towards a charity of our choice.
In Oct-25 we will support Little Miracles.
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207 reviews for BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 Lead Auditor | Virtual
I attended the BRCGS Food Safety version 9 training course with STC and could not recommend this more! Sonia was an amazing trainer who made the 5 day course extremely interesting and engaging throughout! I have come away from this course with so much more knowledge and confidence with auditing to the BRC global standard and am looking forward to putting what I have learnt into practice in my career! Thank you Sonia and STC!
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Course Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9: Lead Auditor
Course Start Date 17-Oct-23
Course End Date 21-Oct-23
Trainer Sonia Andre
Attendee Anonymous
The joining instructions and pre-course communication was clear 5
The training content is well structure and easy to understand 5
The trainer was effective and knowledgeable 5
The trainer provided relevant examples throughout the training 5
This training course met my objectives 5
The training is relevant to my role 5
The training allowed me to connect with others across my industry 5
“What was your motivation to join this course? ” To become a lead auditor/setting up a technical consultant/setting up technical department for my company
What did you enjoy most about the training? it refreshed my knowledge of BRC the more
On a scale of 0-10, how likely are you to recommend this course to a friend or colleague? 10
Course Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9: Lead Auditor
Course Start Date 17-Oct-23
Course End Date 21-Oct-23
Trainer Sonia Andre
Attendee Anonymous
The joining instructions and pre-course communication was clear 3
The training content is well structure and easy to understand 4
The trainer was effective and knowledgeable 5
The trainer provided relevant examples throughout the training 5
This training course met my objectives 5
The training is relevant to my role 5
The training allowed me to connect with others across my industry 5
“What was your motivation to join this course? ” Improve my auditing skills for internal audits in my current role
What did you enjoy most about the training? Sonia did a good job at bringing in real world examples of the principles we were learning about, which helped to keep it more interesting
On a scale of 0-10, how likely are you to recommend this course to a friend or colleague? 8
Course Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9: Lead Auditor
Course Start Date 17-Oct-23
Course End Date 21-Oct-23
Trainer Sonia Andre
Attendee Anonymous
The joining instructions and pre-course communication was clear 4
The training content is well structure and easy to understand 5
The trainer was effective and knowledgeable 5
The trainer provided relevant examples throughout the training 5
This training course met my objectives 5
The training is relevant to my role 5
The training allowed me to connect with others across my industry 5
“What was your motivation to join this course? ” I am at the start of my career so really wanted to do this course to boost my knowledge surrounding auditing, which as a great passion of mine. In my current role, I manage the internal audit system for my company and have an active role in assisting in external audits as an auditee, but would love to learn about the other side, the auditor.
What did you enjoy most about the training? I really enjoyed learning about other people’s experiences, and Sonia was such a good trainer – very engaging, friendly, and knowledgeable! I really liked the interactive activity aspects as it helped solidify the learning and also gave the opportunity to speak to other professionals on the course.
On a scale of 0-10, how likely are you to recommend this course to a friend or colleague? 10
Additional comments I thoroughly enjoyed this course – Sonia was a great trainer and I cant recommend her enough! This experience has really helped clarify where I want to go in the future with my career and I have come away feeling more motivated and determined than ever! I feel more confident in my knowledge surrounding the BRCGS food standard and auditing skills and am looking forward to putting what I have learned into practice. Thank you Sonia and STC for this opportunity!
Course Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9: Lead Auditor
Course Start Date 17-Oct-23
Course End Date 21-Oct-23
Trainer Sonia Andre
Attendee Anonymous
The joining instructions and pre-course communication was clear 5
The training content is well structure and easy to understand 5
The trainer was effective and knowledgeable 5
The trainer provided relevant examples throughout the training 5
This training course met my objectives 5
The training is relevant to my role 5
The training allowed me to connect with others across my industry 5
“What was your motivation to join this course? ” Part of development plan
What did you enjoy most about the training? the practical exercises
On a scale of 0-10, how likely are you to recommend this course to a friend or colleague? 10