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MN304012

Quality Assurance and Certification

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2021
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Ålesund
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

The development of the Quality philosophy

Quality terms

Quality Control

The ISO 9001 Standard for Quality systems

Certification and maintenance of Quality systems

Risk management and documentation

Statistics in manufacture management

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point analysis (HACCP), definition and background

Risk and risk asessment

Identification and control of critical control points

HACCP plans

Maintenance of a HACCP system

HACCP integrated in other Quality systems (BRC, etc.)

Governmental demands and customer demands in important markets

Learning outcome

Learning outcome - Kmowledge:

define important terms within Quality Management

be able to describe the history and main features of the quality Management science

know the main features of certification systems and food saftey legislation in some important seafood markets

know the principles of HACCP

 

Learning outcome - Skills:

be able to participate in the implementation and operation of a qmality system

be able to apply the seven tools, and basic statistical techniques in process control and batch sampling and approval criteria.

be able to participate in the identification, development and maintenance of a critical control point (CCP)

assess some relevant certification systems for a given processor company.

Learning outcome - Competence:

The student will after the course have the expertise to implement and operate a quality system.

Learning methods and activities

Pedagogiske metoder:

Lectures, excersises and a mandatoru group thesis.  

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:

1 gruopthesis must be approved before admission to the examination

Compulsory assignments

  • Obligatoriske arbeidskrav

Further on evaluation

4 hours digital exam

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Biomarine innovation (298BMI)
Biotechnology (427BT)

Course materials

Obligatorisk:

KVALITETSDREVET LEDELSE - KVALITETSSTYRTE BEDRIFTER, AUNE, A., GYLDENDAL, OSLO,
HACCP- arbeid med mattrygghet Smolan G og Vaksvik S (2014)Yrkeslitteratur a/s

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TMAT3003 4 sp
MATV3003 4 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Health, Safety and Environment
  • Safety and Reliability
  • Food Subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Biological Sciences Ålesund

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letters

Re-sit examination - Autumn 2020

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2020-11-27
Submission 2020-11-27
Time Release 09:00
Submission 13:00
Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2021

Home examination (1)
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2021-03-26
Submission 2021-03-26
Time Release 09:00
Submission 13:00
Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
  • Other comments
  • 1) Merk at eksamensform er endret til hjemmeeksamen som et smittevernstiltak i den pågående koronasituasjonen. Please note that the exam form has changed to home examination as a preventive measure in the ongoing corona situation.Merk at eksamensform er endret til hjemmeeksamen som et smittevernstiltak i den pågående koronasituasjonen. Please note that the exam form has changed to home examination as a preventive measure in the ongoing corona situation.