Course info

Introduction

Audio-visual methodology is aimed at supporting and empowering people involved in the field of agriculture to define, promote, and take full ownership of their development, as learning is a life-long process.

Skills development is a key driver of socio-economic development. Mainstreaming of agricultural development efforts is crucial to ensure congruence and effective deployment of resources.

Citrus packhouses are vital to producing citrus fruit that is marketable, healthy, and ready for transport. The packing process involves many different activities, from washing, de-greening, and treating fruit, to sorting, grading, labeling, wrapping, and packing. This means that there are a lot of people and machinery involved in the process, and there are many places where things can go wrong. Understanding the components, personnel, equipment, and machinery involved throughout the packing process is the first and most important step to owning, supervising, managing, or working in a packhouse efficiently and effectively.

Who Should Enrol

All people involved in the field of agriculture.

Course Design

A way to bolster agricultural production is to develop practical agricultural education systems. A powerful way of doing this is through the use of audio-visual modules which is a highly effective and tested methodology to approach, examine, and impart knowledge.

This is a comprehensive series of modules that follow a step-by-step process and can be used in group training or self-study – and are structured according to visual training guidelines. This implies defining most of the terminology used and where necessary, supporting the visual storyline with graphics and animation to enhance the learning process and ensure that sustainable knowledge is gained in the learning process.

These modules are designed to do precisely what they are meant to do – and that is to support skills development.

Online Video Series Supporting Agri Skills Development and Best Farming Practices.

Course Content

This course covers the following topics:

• Packhouse Overview
  • Introduction, Production and Picking
  • Packhouse Process Flow
  • Introduction
  • Receiving and Initial Processing
  • Treatments and Separation
  • Packing
  • Inspection and Transport
  • General Operations
  • Citrus Industry Extension Services
• Packhouse Infrastructure and Planning
  •  Introduction
  • Packhouse Infrastructure
  • Introduction
  • Land
  • Access Roads
  • Water Supply Part 1
  • Water Supply Part 2
  • Electricity Supply
  • Connectivity
  • Packhouse Planning
  • Planning Introudction Part 1
  • Planning Introduction Part 2
  • Packhouse Production Capacity
  • Packhouse Site Layout Part 1
  • Packhouse Site Layout Part 2
  • Packhouse Site Layout Part 3
  • Packhouse Production Area Part 1
  • Packhouse Production Area Part 2
  • Packhouse Employment
  • Packhouse Automation Part 1
  • Packhouse Automation Part 2
  • Conclusion
• Packhouse sanitation
• Introduction, Spores & Fruit Infection
• Pre-sorting, Removal of Fruit
• Equipment & Workspace Sanitation
• Intro
• Sanitizing Agents
• Equipment & Workspace Sanitation
  • Cleaning and Sanitising Methods
  • Scheduling
• Other Cleaning & Sanitising Procedures, Emergency Cleaning Procedures, Microbiological Laboratory Testing
• Personal Hygiene, Recordkeeping
• Receiving and Initial Process
  • Introduction, Receiving
  • Weighing, Packhouse Delivery Inspection
  • Drench
  • De-greening
  • Pre-sorting
  • Fruit Washing – Sanitisers
  • Fruit Washing – Tip Systems, Conclusion
• Fruit Treatments
  • Introduction
  • Fungicides
  • Treatment Systems
  • Titration and pH Measurement – Part 1
  • Titration and pH Measurement – Part 2
  • Wax Treatment
  • Fungicide Resistance, Conclusion
• ·Sorting and Grading
  • Introduction
  • Fruit quality factors
  • External Fruit Quality Factors
  • Internal Fruit Quality Factors - Part 1
  • Internal Fruit Quality Factors – Part 2
  • Sorting Introduction,
  • Sorting Stations
  • Sorters
  • Grading Part 1
  • Grading Part 2
  • Sizing, Conclusion
• Packing Practices
  • Introduction
  • Packing Material –
  • Packing Cartons Part 1
  • Packing Cartons Part 2
  • Packing Cartons Part 3
  • Bulk Bins, Fruit Labels (PLUs), Fruit Wrappers
  • Pallets, Securing Sheets
  • Pallet caps, Corner pieces, Packing Material Specifications
  • Packing Instructions
  • Fruit Labelling, Packing Practices
  • Preparation
  • Place Packing
  • Jumble Packing, Weighing Cartons
  • Automated Packing Machines
  • Introduction
  • Automated Place Packing
  • Automated Jumble Packing
  • Palletization
  • Introduction
  • High cube vs. Standard Pallets
  • Pallet Stacking Patterns
  • Palletizing Stations
  • Pallet Stacking Practices
  • Securing Pallets
  • Marking, Conclusion
• Quality management
  • Quality Management Part 1
  • Quality Management Part 2
  • Quality Management Part 3
  • Quality Management Part 4
  • Quality Management Part 5
  • Quality Management Part 6
  • Quality Management Part 7
  • Quality Management Part 8
• Logistics
  
  • Introduction, Shipping methods
  • The Logistics Chain
  • Road Transport
  • Cold Stores, Port Services
  • Shipping, Conclusion