Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

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Course Catalog
Courses: 60
Allergen Overview for Craft Beverages 1-hour

Allergen Overview for Craft Beverages 1-hour

Keeping food safe for human consumption means knowing how to plan for allergen handling. In this course, you can…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Allergen Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Allergen Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Does your facility produce products with multiple types of allergens? 30% of all recalls stem from problems around…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Artisanal Probiotic Cultures

Artisanal Probiotic Cultures

Would you like to learn how to grow cultures that will aid digestion, preserve foods, and add flavor and nutrition?…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Barbecue Blasphemy

Barbecue Blasphemy

What is 'real' BBQ?  Are the techniques used by notable pitmasters a mystery to you?  Are you interested in…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Beer Tasting and Evaluation

Beer Tasting and Evaluation

With as many options on the beer aisle as today, it can be intimidating and confusing.  It's also exciting to have…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Canning Basics

Canning Basics

Canning is the perfect way to preserve the flavor of your favorite foods at their freshest so you can enjoy them all…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

CGMP Refresher for Food Manufacturing

CGMP Refresher for Food Manufacturing

Does your 3rd party audit certification body require employees to undergo yearly training to meet their specifications…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

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CGMPs for Cosmetics - 4 hour

This course will provide an overview of current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) GMP regulations and guidance…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Corrective Actions, Preventive Actions (CAPA)

Corrective Actions, Preventive Actions (CAPA)

This 4-hour course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Corrective Actions (CA)…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Craft Beer: Basic Laboratory Skills, Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry & Instrumentation

Craft Beer Laboratory Skills 1: Basic Laboratory Skills

Explore foundational bench skills and essential safety knowledge for the brewery quality laboratory. Throughout this…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Craft Beer: Basic Laboratory Skills, Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry & Instrumentation

Craft Beer Laboratory Skills 2: Microbiology

In the second part of this introductory series, students will identify and begin to apply traditional microbiological…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Craft Beer: Basic Laboratory Skills, Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry & Instrumentation

Craft Beer Laboratory Skills 3: Analytical Chemistry/Instrumentation

Part three of the series will include basic chemistry techniques and some more advanced instrumentation used in the…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Craft Technical Writing

Craft Technical Writing

This class aims for writers to compose technical documents that the reader can easily read and understand, so the…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Creating Wild Probiotics

Creating Wild Probiotics

Wild microbes live in the environment all around us, and ancient humans believed they were a gift from the heavens. We…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Technical Writing & Documentation Management for Craft Breweries

Documentation Management for Craft Breweries

The FDA requires organizations to plan, implement, and maintain processes and procedures to keep consumers safe from…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

This course will provide an overview of current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CGMP regulations and guidance for…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Elements of HACCP

Elements of HACCP

This course equips food production employees and floor supervisors with all they need to know to stay in compliance…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Elements of Preventive Controls

Elements of Preventive Controls

The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Environmental Monitoring for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Product Industry

Environmental Monitoring for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Product Industry 4-hour

This 4-hour course is designed to provide the food, beverage and natural product manufacturing industry with a…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Environmental Monitoring for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Product Industry

Environmental Monitoring for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Product Industry 8-hour

This 4-hour course is designed to provide the food, beverage and natural product manufacturing industry with a…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Expert OJT

Expert OJT

Is your business training new employees or apprentices?  Has turnover created a situation where you’re in a circle…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

Fermenting Fruits and Veggies

Learn to grow probiotic cultures that will aid digestion, preserve foods, and add flavor and nutrition to fruits and…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

FOH Beer Tasting and Sales for Brewpubs

FOH Beer Tasting and Sales for Brewpubs

Brewing basics, tasting and Sales is a great course for new FOH employees looking to hone their brewing knowledge, beer…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Food Defense Refresher

Food Defense Refresher

Intentional Adulteration of ingredients and/or finished products is an important issue for manufacturing since it was…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods Part 2 v1.2: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) 8 Hour

This course will provide an overview of preventive control considerations that supports the FSMA Final Rules for…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)

FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Foods v1.2 : Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) 24 hour

Are you looking to become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)? Completing our course is one way to…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods – Craft Beverage

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods v1.2 – Craft Beverage 24 hour

Preventive Controls for Human Foods has emerged as the primary food safety system throughout FDA-regulated industries.…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Keeping food safe for human or animal consumption means knowing how to execute quality safety practices such as…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Fundamentals of Food Safety

Fundamentals of Food Safety - Packaging 2 hours

Keeping food safe for human or animal consumption means knowing how to execute quality safety practices such as…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Fundamentals of Good Distribution Practices

Fundamentals of Good Distribution Practices

This 2-hour course is designed to provide the food, beverage and natural product manufacturing industry with a basic…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Good Documentation Practices 1-hour

Good Documentation Practices 1-hour

The FDA requires organizations to plan, implement, and maintain processes and procedures to keep consumers safe from…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Good Documentation Practices 4-hour

Good Documentation Practices 4-hour

The FDA requires organizations to plan, implement, and maintain processes and procedures to keep consumers safe from…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Good Practices for Small Cosmetics Manufacturers

Good Manufacturing Practices for Small Cosmetics Manufacturers

Producers of handcrafted cosmetics products have become more popular over the past ten years. Cosmetics offer higher…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Growing Koji: The Magic Inside Soy Sauce and Tempeh

Growing Koji: The Magic Inside Soy Sauce and Tempeh

Koji is a type of mold often used in Japanese cuisine. It is responsible for miso, tempeh, soy sauce, mirin, amazake,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

HACCP and Sanitation for Craft Beverages

HACCP and Sanitation for Craft Beverages

Experience the process of creating an alcoholic beverage-based Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

HACCP/PCQI Refresher

HACCP/PCQI Refresher

Did you know that 3rd party audit certification bodies expect employees to have a basic understanding of HACCP and/or…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Herbal QC: Analytical Methods

Herbal QC: Analytical Methods

Having a sound quality control (QC) system in place and meeting the documentation standards for regulatory compliance…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Elements of Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Data Integrity

Internal Auditing

This course provides a look into the basics of auditing. Audit performance, auditor behavior, and auditee…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Introductory HACCP

Introductory HACCP

Developing or following a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan can be daunting. In this course, learn…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Kyaraben or Character bento

Kyaraben/Character Bento

Kyaraben or character bento, is a style of bento that incorporates dishes that are designed and arranged to look like…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Methods of Home Mushroom Cultivation

Methods of Home Mushroom Cultivation

Learn about the mushroom life cycle and varieties of mushrooms that are easiest to grow at home. We’ll discuss methods…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Molecular Cocktails

Molecular Cocktails

Entertain your party guests with molecular cocktails that foam, spew dragon’s breath, freeze in front of your eyes,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Expert OJT

Optimizing Virtual Platform and Classroom Capabilities to Enhance Engagement

Have you had to pivot your courses or the courses you manage or produce to a virtual instructor (synchronous) format?…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Phytochemistry: Actions and Applications

Phytochemistry: Actions and Applications

An understanding of the chemical structures in plants is advantageous to produce the most effective herbal preparations…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries 4-hour

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries

This course focuses on the important factors involved in a quality management system. This includes management buy-in,…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries 2-hour

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries 2-hour

The course is designed for persons working in alcoholic beverage production, packaging, and contract manufacturing.…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries 4-hour

Quality Management Systems for Craft Breweries 4-hour

The course is designed for persons working in alcoholic beverage production, packaging, and contract manufacturing.…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Report Writing: Considerations and Best Practices

Safe Quality Food Overview

Is your food, beverage, or natural products business considering Safe Quality Food certification?  If so, its…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Safe Quality Foods Overview 4-hour

Safe Quality Foods Overview 4-hour

This course provides a look into Safe Quality Foods, what it is, and how this scheme relates to quality management…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Sake Brewing

Sake Brewing

This course is a fun and unique opportunity to learn how to brew sake. There are only 14 sake breweries in the US,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Test Kitchen Asheville, NC

Scientific Cuisine

Experience our local Test Kitchen, available to the community via a joint partnership between A-B Tech and BioNetwork.…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Segment Two - Seafood HACCP (AFDO Accredited)

Segment Two - Seafood HACCP (AFDO Accredited)

Advance your food safety career with a certificate from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO). This…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Sensory Evaluation of Fermented Food and Beverages of the World

Sensory Evaluation of Fermented Food and Beverages of the World

Learn the skills to become a taste tester and enjoy exotic fermented food and beverages from around the world. We will…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods – Craft Beverage

Sensory Science for Brewing

Could your brewery benefit from a well-developed sensory evaluation program?   Many breweries routinely neglect…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

Phytochemistry: Herbal Preparations

Starting Your Herbal Products Business

Do you have an amazing herbal product you’d like to share with the world? Then this is the webinar for you! Learn the…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Statistical Process Controls

Statistical Process Controls

Companies that seek to maximize productivity, quality, or both must be able to adequately measure parameters that…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Technical Writing & Documentation Management for Craft Breweries

Technical Writing

This class aims for writers to compose technical documents that the reader can easily read and understand, so the…

Delivery Format: Live Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate

Testing Moisture Content, pH, and Water Activity in Food

Testing Moisture Content, pH, and Water Activity in Food

Develop your analytical skills by performing pH, acidity, water activity, and moisture content testing of selected…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

The Art of Making Fruit Wine

The Art of Making Fruit Wine

Traditional wine is Fabulous, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to create wine from the fruit you've got…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Writing Effective SOP's

Writing Effective SOP's

Students will learn how to write an effective Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as well as why these are a required…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led, On Demand
Level: Beginner