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FEATURE: MILLING EDUCATION REVIEW

an ofﬁcial HACCP training certiﬁcate. KSU’s Department of Grain Science and Industry is the only place in the world that offers the full spectrum of all educational opportunities in the ﬁeld. Students can enroll in B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. academic programs, and industry professionals can enroll in continuing education programs through the IGP. Additionally, these educational opportunities are available in all delivery formats — on campus and online as well as for college credit and for continuing education credit. All of these opportunities are available solely from KSU and in partnership with key stakeholders. The IGP Conference Center has recently updated the equipment in the facility, funded by the Kansas Soybean Commission, to better reach constituents and improve teaching capabilities. The updated technology in the Deyoe Auditorium allows dual projection, which will be fully utilized with international presentations where both the English and translated presentation can be simultaneously projected. In addition, in both the auditorium and the Ward Boardroom, video conferencing systems were installed, which will provide a platform to utilize for distance education. The systems allow IGP to bring presenters into the classroom virtually as well as capture and project classroom activities externally. The boardroom also has a state-of-the-art Smart touchscreen, allowing for a more interactive teaching experience. In addition, the recent upgrade included a remodeling of the multi-purpose room, fully integrating technology into the room and adding additional teaching space to the growing Conference Center facility. The Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission provided the funds to purchase furniture, window treatment and carpet needed to convert this space into a fully functional classroom. More information is available at http://www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/. BÜHLER TRAINING CENTER The Bühler Training Center in Uzwil,
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Switzerland offers courses for the operating staff in the milling industry. The education is based on short but intensive courses that last for one to three weeks. In addition to standard courses, the training center offers individually designed courses according to speciﬁc customer needs. This training is done at the Bühler Training Center or at the customers’ facility. Bühler said it teaches operational staff how to run a proﬁtable ﬂour mill and how a grain milling plant can make best use of the raw material at lowest operation cost. The courses are designed and offered for staff with different skills and levels. Course offerings include: Milling Technology: basic, advanced and expert level; Durum Milling; Maize Milling Technology; Oat Processing; Mechanical Maintenance; Electrical Maintenance; Electrical Maintenance for Bagging Plants; Advanced Plant Automation; Fluting Course; Laboratory; Flour Sales and Grain Processing for the Ethanol Industry. The center recently added From Wheat to Bread. Most of these courses can be taught in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian. Courses in other languages are assisted by interpreters. Bühler also offers milling courses for executives. These courses are designed for management members of the milling industry who do not have a profound technical background in milling. Bühler said its educational programs are focused on practical “hands-on” training as well as classroom teaching. “We are offering the ideal balance between the two with the help of an operational school mill, a fully equipped machine park, a workshop for mechanical as well as electrical installations and maintenance,” Bühler said. “With those facilities we cover what is needed for successful teaching.” OCRIM Ocrim S.p.A. organizes a variety of educational courses to educate the milling industry at its Milling Training Center in Cremona, Italy. Ocrim ﬁrst started educating the milling industry at a facility outside Cremona in 1965. More

than 2,800 students have been trained to become chief millers, laboratory analysts and maintenance foremen. The courses attract students from across the world. Ocrim offers a wide range of courses that range from mechanical, electrical maintenance, automation, including speciﬁc courses for millers and laboratory. The courses are continuously updated with the newest technologies and to meet new market demands. Various topics are covered from the simple maintenance of a machine to more difﬁcult questions related to the sustainability/resource management inside the milling complex, including sanitation, personnel and food safety and product traceability. Ocrim also can provide courses dedicated to customers’ speciﬁc requirements. Recently, Ocrim started offering dedicated courses held directly on customers’ sites to face the speciﬁc requirements of each plant and also to teach the personnel involved in the works. Ocrim is always looking for new ideas to improve its efﬁciency and beneﬁts that it can give to its customers. Consequently, Ocrim is always working to keep its school at a high quality standard in the machinery used at the school mill and in the laboratory. In 2011, investments were made on the general structures of the school, and in early 2012 Ocrim inaugurated the new conference room inside the school. It can be used by all customers for technical meetings and visits to the company. NABIM Since its formation in 1878, the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) has been committed to the development of skilled millers and has placed a high priority on milling training. For more than 100 years, nabim has been at the forefront of technical education in ﬂour milling, ﬁrst within the U.K. and Ireland, and since the mid-20th century, across the world. Nabim’s seven-module distance learning program has been offered annually for many years. There is a roll-

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