COURSE DATES

Seafish Seafood Quality Assessment

When: 20th October 2010
Where: Zennor Building, Penwith College, Penzance
With: Annie Sibert - Fish Skills Program Leader for Seafood Cornwall Training Ltd
What: This one day course delivers a mix of theory and
practice on the assessment of whitefish and flatfish.
On this course, delegates will learn how to accurately assess the quality and freshness of fish using the TORRY scale and QIM (Quality Index Method) as well as the
effects of temperature on the rate of fish spoilage.
Cost: Fishing / Seafood / Catering Industry workers: £75*
(Normal price £150 pp)

More Info:

Short courses in Fish Filleting, Seafood Quality Assessment and Introduction to Fish Mongery will be delivered during October and November at Penwith College, Penzance with 6 available places available on each. Further additional dates for Cornwall will be scheduled according to demand and courses for Devon and Dorset are currently being confirmed for commencement from January 2011 onwards.

The fish filleting course will be held at Truro and Penwith College in Penzance on Wednesday 13th October, 9.30am till 4.30pm; the Seafood Quality Assessment course, also at Truro and Penwith College on Wednesday 20th October, 9.30am till 4.30pm; and the Introduction to Fish Mongery, on Friday 5th November, will be in Newlyn with an early start visiting the fish market.

On the Seafood Quality Assesment course, delegates will learn how to accurately assess the quality and freshness of fish using the TORRY scale and QIM (Quality Index Method) as well as the effects of temperature on the rate of fish spoilage.

The courses can be attended individually or as a block and will be certified by Seafish. Equipped with new skills and increased confidence, trainees will be able to add real value to the South West's catch. Further dates and venues across the South West will be announced shortly. Anyone from the seafood sector involved in the catching, processing, marketing, selling, serving or distribution of fish can take part at a subsidised rate.

The Regional Seafood Industry Skills project is part funded by South West Food & Drink (SWFD) and enables Seafood Cornwall Training, based in Newlyn, to provide specialist subsidised* training programs in Fish Filleting, Fish Mongery and Seafood Quality, to aid the development of the shore based, seafood sector, across Cornwall and the South West.

For further information about the course dates, cost of courses and to book a place please contact Sarah Crosbie on 01736 364324