To train senior technicians skilled in both foodstuff quality control and packaging safety.

On graduation, students shall be capable of:

- organizing controls of foodstuffs (Physical Testing, IFPs, finished products) and packaging,
- setting up and implementing an HACCP approach,
- participating in a certification / accreditation project, and
- establishing prevention plans and corrective measures

Admission is based on academic record for initial training applicants; on dossier and following an interview for continuing education applicants.

The training course consists of 440 hours of graduate and professional teaching (academic courses, lectures by professionals, tutorials and practical exercises) and an additional 150 hours of tutored project.

After these courses the students must complete a 14-week employment-oriented course.
The courses are organized into 6 units:

- Adaptation module (to bring students up to the same level) - 50 hours

Food engineering, Microbiology, Food Biochemistry

- Teaching Unit 1: Communication - 60 hours

Communication Techniques, Computer Science, Professional English

- Teaching Unit 2: Business Expertise - 40 hours

Industrial Management, Agri-Food Industries Sector, Law, Graduate Transition Assistance


- Teaching Unit 3: Hygiene, Quality & Safety in Agri-Food Industries - 90 hours

Proper hygiene practices, food microbiological quality and safety, food physicochemical testing and analysis, sensory analysis, production quality control

- Teaching Unit 4: Quality Management - 80 hours

General quality concepts, quality reference systems, certification, control & testing laboratory accreditation, certification & accreditation audits, HACCP method

- Teaching Unit 5: Quality Tools - 60 hours
Labeling & traceability, document system, metrology, internal communication, customer relations management, statistical tools & experimental designs

- Teaching Unit 6: Foodstuff Packing & Conditioning

Packaging & conditioning, packaging production & functionality, container-contents interactions, materials/equipment technical solutions, finishing options & techniques, packaging selection according to specifications, packaging & environment, material testing & finished packs