First published in Milling and Grain,January 2015
The nabim Advanced Milling Diploma
programme has been run every three years since its inception in 2006. Run in partnership with Campden BRI, in the
UK, and the Buhler Training Centre in Switzerland, the Diploma programme aims
to: develop millers of the highest
potential; improve the industry’s skills base, meeting its changing training
needs; provide a means by which millers may gain a greater understanding of
flour functionality; and apply advanced theoretical knowledge in practical
skills training.
The testimony of successful candidates (and
their employers) from the first three diploma programmes confirms that these
aims have been fulfilled in terms of knowledge and understanding of milling and
flour functionality but the candidates have also gained interpersonal and other
skills through the opportunities provided by the programme. Furthermore, the sponsoring companies have
seen immediate returns on their investment in the work that their candidates
have undertaken during the ‘research project’ section of the programme.
Pictured are the four successful candidates
from the 2012 entry who were presented with their diplomas at nabim’s
headquarters in London on 11 November 2014:
Eva Janning (Hovis); Andrew Groome (Jordans Ryvita); Kevin Harrison (ADM Milling); and Jonathan Deards (Whitworth Bros). A second picture shows Steve Butler
(Chairman, nabim Training Committee) presenting the Diploma to Eva, the first
woman to go through the programme.
Applicants are now being sought for the
2015 entry to the Advanced Milling Diploma programme. Applicants will be
expected to hold significant experience and qualifications: either the nabim Advanced Certificate plus
substantial practical milling experience; or the nabim Craft Skills Certificate
plus a good appreciation of milling science; or a qualification in cereal
science plus a good appreciation of practical milling. All applicants should have been identified by
their employers as ‘future leaders’ of the industry in terms of their technical
and/or operational ability.
As before, the timetable will include
residential weeks at Campden BRI (Unit 1:
technical) and the Buhler Training Centre (Unit 2: operations).
The learning objectives for the former are that, on completion of the
unit, given the requirements of the finished product, the candidate will be
able to decide on the ideal wheat and process to be used in its
production. On completion of Unit 2, the
candidate will be able to present alternative strategies for adapting the
milling process to particular wheat quality characteristics in order to produce
a consistent flour to meet customer specifications.
However, the most time-consuming section of
the programme is Unit 3 (projects), in which the candidate will complete an
agreed research project into an area of technical, operational or technological
importance to their milling company. At
the end of Unit 3, the candidate will be able to conduct meaningful in-house
studies that improve the performance of their business.
Developed in the early years of the 21st
Century, in response to member companies’ wish that nabim provide a practical
and technical training programme significantly beyond the level of nabim’s
other qualifications (such as those to which its distance learning programme
lead), the Advanced Milling Diploma has delivered – and will continue to do so
for years to come. The diploma programme
equips a new generation of flour millers with the practical competence and
understanding to enable and inspire them to lead the development of a milling
industry fit for the 21st Century – profitable, sustainable, adaptable.
nabim’s distance learning programme, still
known by many past students as the ‘correspondence courses’, continues to
flourish across the world. Assisting the
training of millers for the best part of a century, the programme is valued
internationally.
Developed and delivered by millers for
millers, the programme’s seven modules provide an essential knowledge and
understanding of all aspects of the flour milling process and industry. The study material is reviewed regularly and
textbooks revised to ensure that the programme remains up-to-date and relevant.
Enrolments for the 2014-15 course session
(leading for most to the written nabim examinations in May 2015) have now
closed. Over 500 enrolments have been
received from 26 countries around the globe:
from Australia to Canada, from Portugal to Nigeria, from Saudi Arabia to
Indonesia. During the next six months,
students will complete coursework and send it to tutors for marking and comment
to aid the learning process.
Enrolment in the seven modules (Safety,
Health and Hygiene; Wheat and the Screenroom;
Mill Processes and Performance;
Product Handling, Storage and Distribution; Flour;
Power and Automation; Flour Milling
Management) will re-open in June 2015.
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