Athena Quality is launching a series of training courses next month that the company says will address “some serious training and knowledge gaps” in the brewing industry.
Founded by former Good Drinks Australia quality assurance manager and operations systems manager Clare Clouting, Athena provides quality and food safety consultancy services to the brewing industry.
With in-person courses to be held in Perth and Melbourne in the coming months, as well as some online webinars, Athena will kick things off with the Beer Sensory for Quality Management one-day course in Perth on November 3. Athena will also be running in-person courses entitled Quality & Food Safety for Brewers: A Practical Guide and Implementing a Brewery Quality Program – PLUS Coaching. For a full list of what Athena has to offer, click here.
Clouting said: “This is really exciting and important to me because I’m finally able to address some serious training and knowledge gaps that exist in our industry.
“For example, most sensory programs focus on beer style and serving knowledge, not on making great, safe beer. Current quality training only covers the specifics of brewing, but fails to teach the fundamentals of running a food and beverage business, such as sanitation, managing non-compliance, root cause analysis, complaint handling, recall and withdrawal, to name a few.
“My goal is to provide training that will increase the sustainability, reputation and confidence in our amazing craft beer industry.”
