COURSE QUALITY & ENTRANCE CONTROL OF CUT FLOWERS
In 4 weeks all knowledge about entrance control, quality and pests + diseases
Learning objectives and results
Practical knowledge and recognition of diseases, pests and defects
Knowledge, insights and backgrounds of quality aspects
Knowledge of influences during storage, transport and sales
Knowledge of the influences of cooling, degree hour model, ethylene, pre-treatment and packaging
At the end of the course you will be able to name the most common quality problems
Reducing claims and increasing product reliability
Target group
Anyone who wants to know everything about the chain quality of cut flowers in 4 half-days (3 lessons + 1 test) and wants to discover the developments in it. This course is suitable for almost all employees in various functions: incoming inspectors, inspectors, buyers and sellers and other supporting and executive employees. Especially for employees who deal with quality within auctioning, inspection or purchasing and sales or logistics functions other relevant functions.
Content and program
The program includes the following topics:
- Working according to supply regulations or customer specifications
- Chain thinking and developments in this.
- Recognizing animal and plant diseases and pests
- Use of the Floweracademy.NL determination key
- Storage and transport by road, air and sea
- The food chain: pretreatment and preservatives
- Communication and chain information about quality with links
- Knowledge of degree hours and loss reduction
The course is concluded with a test in the last meeting + all online tests on Floweracademy.TV must be completed.
Inclusief e-learning en webapplicatie assortiment
E-learning Floweracademy.TV and web app InfoFlowersPlants
To get to know the assortment sufficiently, participants can make permanent online use of the e-learning platform of Floweracademy.TV. Here you can learn practice versions and backgrounds using video content.
Participants also get temporary access to the assortment web application of InfoFlowersPlants. This web app replaces the assortment booklets of the Flower Council of Holland and provides numerous options to find the assortment with all kinds of search functions. Independent, consistent and up-to-date product information in 10 languages.
You can subscribe to the encyclopedia with this link: https://my.infoflowersplants.info/Login/Purchase


This course is also possible in-company
Companies that want to organize a tailor-made in-company quality and/or entry control course (already interesting with 5 participants) can send an email to lucasjansen@floweracademy.nl.