Quality and Food Safety

Presentation

The Higher Professional Technical Course in Quality and Food Safety aims to train professionals who, either independently or under supervision of as part of a team, are capable of implementing or maintaining a Food Quality and Safety Management System.

Degree

CTeSp

Duration

2 academic years (4 semesters)

Regime

Normal | Daytime

School

ESTG - Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão

Official Journal

(Português) Diário da República, 2.ª série — N.º 69 — 8 de abril de 2016

Reasons to attend the course

Exemption from national exams for entry into higher education and leading to a Higher Professional Technical Diploma.
Guaranteed internship in a real work environment (1 semester).
High employability courses.
Opportunity to continue your studies to Bachelor’s degrees (with credit transfers/equivalencies.

Coordinator

Paulo Alexandre da Costa Fernandes

Professor Coordenador

Course comisssion

Maria Alberta Pereira das Neves Fonseca Araújo

Professor Adjunto

Mário Jorge Oliveira Barros

Professor Adjunto

Paulo Alexandre da Costa Fernandes

Professor Coordenador

(Português) Catarina Tavares Coelho

Estudante Delegado e Pedagógico

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Coordinator

Paulo Alexandre da Costa Fernandes

Professor Coordenador

Links

(Português) Portal de Candidaturas on-line

(Português) Portal de Matrículas Online

(Português) Toda a informação do concurso | CTeSP

Document

RAC - Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar - 2023-24

Access

Access conditions

Who can apply:

Candidates with a secondary education qualification or a legally equivalent qualification
Holders of a Technological Specialisation Diploma or a Higher Professional Technical Diploma
Holders of a higher education degree who wish to seek professional requalification

Candidates over the age of 23 who have passed the exams designed to assess their capacity for higher education attendance can also apply.

Special access contest

National Applicants or equivalent

International applicants (applicants who do not hold Portuguese citizenship, are not citizens of a EU member state and are not family members of Portuguese or citizens of a EU member state, have not lived in Portugal continuously for more than two years as of 1 January of the application year, are not beneficiaries of equal rights and duties status granted under an international treaty as of 1 January of the application year and who are not applying for higher education admission through special admissions and special entry routes).

All foreign applicants must request the equivalence of their secondary education qualifications from their home country from a Portuguese secondary school. The equivalence of your certificate to Portuguese secondary education is a mandatory requirement for the application.

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Coordinator

Paulo Alexandre da Costa Fernandes

Professor Coordenador

Links

(Português) Portal de Candidaturas on-line

(Português) Portal de Matrículas Online

(Português) Toda a informação do concurso | CTeSP

Document

RAC - Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar - 2023-24

Goals

(Português)

Conceber um sistema de qualidade, respondendo aos requisitos da norma de gestão da qualidade NP EN ISO 9001
Implementar e aplicar a metodologia do sistema HACCP;
Implementar e aplicar as regras básicas de higiene e segurança industrial e alimentar;
Realizar auditorias no âmbito da norma NP EN ISO 19011;
Monitorizar a presença de riscos físicos, biológicos e químicos na indústria alimentar.

Graduate profile

The Quality and Food Safety Technician is a professional who will be ready to implement or maintain a Food Quality and Safety Management System, either independently or working in a team.

Professional outcomes

Companies in the agrifood industry;
Companies providing technical services to the agrifood industry and related fields;
Companies supplying/distributing food products;
Consultancy firms in the areas of food quality, hygiene and safety.

Continuing Studies

Graduates of the CTeSP in Quality and Food Safety are eligible to pursue the following Bachelor’s Degrees at the ESTG-IPVC, as they have acquired the knowledge and skills required for further studies:

Food Engineering

Study Plan

1st Year

Study Plan1st Year
Curricular Unit	Area	Type	Contact hours	ECTS
Sensory analysis and rheology	EA	S1	T:14.00 \| P:50.00	6.00
Biology	CB	S1	T:16.00 \| P:48.00	6.00
Ferramentas e Modelos da Qualidade	EA	S1	T:32.00 \| P:32.00	6.00
Physics	FEQ	S1	T:32.00	3.00
Higiene e Segurança Alimentar	OLM	S1	T:32.00 \| P:32.00	6.00
Chemistry	FEQ	S1	T:32.00	3.00
Biologia (CTeSP Formação Complementar)	CB	S1	TP:54.00	5.00
Inglês Técnico	ADH	S2	T:32.00	3.00
Auditorias Higio-sanitárias	EA	S2	T:19.00 \| P:45.00	6.00
Controlo da Qualidade	OLM	S2	T:12.00 \| P:20.00	3.00
Legislação e Certificação de Produtos e Empresas	EA	S2	T:19.00 \| P:45.00	6.00
Projeto de Comunicação	EA	S2	T:32.00	3.00
Food Safety	EA	S2	P:64.00	6.00
Tecnologia de Embalagem	EA	S2	T:10.00 \| P:22.00	3.00
Chemistry	FEQ	S2	TP:54.00	5.00
Física (CTeSP Formação Complementar)	FEQ	S2	TP:54.00	5.00

Curricular Unit	Area	Type	Contact hours	ECTS
Desenvolvimento de novos produtos	EA	S1	P:64.00	6.00
Estratégia e Marketing	OLM	S1	T:32.00	3.00
Estudos do Consumidor	EA	S1	T:19.00 \| P:45.00	6.00
Manutenção e higienização de equipamentos e instalaçoes agro-alimentares	EA	S1	T:32.00 \| P:32.00	6.00
Projeto de controlo da Qualidade Alimentar	EA	S1	P:75.00	9.00
Estágio	EA	S2	E:810.00	30.00

Presentation

Degree

Duration

Regime

School

Official Journal

Reasons to attend the course

Coordinator

Course comisssion

Coordinator

Links

Document

Access

Access conditions

Special access contest

Coordinator

Links

Document

Goals

Graduate profile

Professional outcomes

Continuing Studies

Study Plan

Coordinator

Links

Document

Partnerships and internships

Coordinator

Links

Document