Training

Flour Millers' Council of Australia

ABN 88 008 399 040

Telephone:     (03) 9819 1433

Facsimile:         (03) 9819 1477

E-mail:              fmca@flourmillers.com.au

Website:          www.flourmillers.com.au
 Postal Address:

Locked Bag 12,

HAWTHORN 

VICTORIA  3122

nabim CORRESPONDENCE COURSES IN FLOUR MILLING

FMCA Members and Non-Members

Australian and Overseas Students

Enrolments are invited for the National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) correspondence courses in flour milling.  These courses are designed for the flour milling industry by nabim and have worldwide accreditation.

Course Structure

There are seven (7) modules on offer:

A more detailed description of each module is available on FMCA website:

Course and Fees

Students may enrol for any module and do as many modules as they wish in any one year.  We would suggest that for students who intend to complete the whole course to Advanced Certificate, two (2) modules per year would be appropriate.  Alternatively, there may be students who wish to study a module or modules applicable to their particular career stream only.

Each module comes as a "package" complete with learning materials - there are no extra textbooks to be purchased.  Lessons are to be completed and sent to nominated tutors.  You will be advised the names of the nominated tutors.

Students should receive their lessons through their Mill Coordinator in September / October, where they have not been received, FMCA should be contacted immediately.  Please note that to photocopy the textbooks would be a breach of nabim’s copyright.  In such an event, nabim will consider taking legal action to gain compensation.

Fees are subject to annual review; please contact FMCA office for the current fee schedule.
Results from the May exams are not available until July/August.  nabim advises that you should enrol students as if they had passed.  Should you find later that this is not the case, the following options are available:

Notify this office immediately and the enrolment can be adjusted.
Register for the exam only and re-sit it next year.  This would involve the student using the previous year’s notes and lessons for revision.  It should be noted that, should this option be taken up, no new learning materials, no new lessons nor tutor support will be available.
If this option is taken up and the student is unsuccessful after re-sitting the exam next year, it would appear obvious that the assistance and discipline of lessons and tutor support available through the full course is required, and the student should re-enrol.
Re-enrol in the full course either this year or in a future year and do the lessons as usual. 
For enrolment in any of the above modules, complete the nabim enrolment form (please do not use any enrolment forms from previous years) for each student and return together with a summary of enrolments / tax invoice (retain a copy for your records) and total fees for your mill site to:

Sophie Antoniou
Executive Assistant
Flour Millers Council of Australia
Locked Bag 12
HAWTHORN  VIC  3130

ENROLMENT BY FRIDAY 18 JULY 2008

nabim Examinations and Certificates

A nabim examination for each module is in May and for each module passed a nabim Record of Achievement will be awarded.  nabim will award an Intermediate Certificate on passing Modules 1, 2, 3 and 4 and an Advanced Certificate on passing all 7 modules. 

If you have any queries in relation to the above, please do not hesitate to contact FMCA office on (03) 9819 1433.

Distance Learning Program

Guide for Mills – 2008/2009

Background

The National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) is the trade association and industry training organisation for the UK flour Milling Industry.  Each year nabim runs a modular distance learning program that provides millers with an essential understanding and underpinning knowledge of the Flour Milling Industry.  Flour Millers Council of Australia (FMCA) co-ordinates the program for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
 
Qualifications

nabim Certificates and Medals
 
Qualifications

nabim awards a Record of Achievement to students on passing individual modules. In addition, nabim awards two Certificates:

- The Intermediate Certificate on passing Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4.

- The Advanced Certificate on passing all seven Modules.

The distance learning program student who scores the highest mark in each modular examination is awarded a nabim Certificate of Achievement. Two medals are available to all examination candidates.
Silver Medal –   Awarded to the candidate obtaining the Advanced Certificate with the best over all performance over all seven Modules.
Bronze Medal – Awarded to the runner-up to the Silver Medal.
 
Enrolments

Enrolments should be made on the Enrolment Formt hat is available on the FMCA webisite from late June. Please send enrolment form and the correct fees. Mill Co-ordinators are advised when the information for the program is avaliable on the Flour Millers Council of Australia (FMCA) website – www.flourmillers.com.au.

This is found by going into the Training Menu.

Contact Details are:

Sophie Antoniou
Flour Millers Council of Australia
c/o Melbourne University
Hawthorn Campus
442 Auburn Road
HAWTHORN  VIC  3122

Tel: (03) 9819 1433
Fax: (03) 9819 1477
Email: fmca@flourmillers.com.au

Lessons and Workbooks

The student’s textbooks and Lesson Workbooks are sent to Mill Co-ordinators late September, early October.  If course materials have not be received by the end of October FMCA should be contacted immediately.

Please note that photocopying of the textbooks would be a breach of nabim’s copyright.  In such an event, nabim will consider taking legal action to obtain compensation.
 
Examinations

Registration and Fees

Each module will be examined in one written paper lasting between 1½ to 3 hours.  There will be no choice of questions.

Registering for the Examinations
Most students enrolling in nabim courses in 2008 will be working towards taking a nabim Examination in May 2009. 

Students must be registered at an approved nabim Examination Centre.  FMCA is the approved Centre for students in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The examination fee is included in the course fee. Students can resit exams which they have sat in previous years by submitting the exam application to the FMCA office in Janunary/February.
 

Tutors and Mentors
 
Tutors

For each module students are allocated a Tutor to whom they submit completed lessons.  The Tutors are all experienced in the areas of operation and management of flour mills and this is reflected in the professional and specialist advice provided to the student.

Mill Co-ordinators will be informed of the tutors contact details when course material dispatched.

Mentors

It is strongly recommended that, for each student it enrols on the correspondence course, the mill appoints a suitable person to be made specifically responsible for assisting the student in their studies. This person is hereafter referred to as the mentor. Where a mill enrols more than one student, it may wish to allocate one mentor for all students. The mentor should be indicated on the enrolment form in the space provided.

The Role of the Mentor

The mentor should encourage the student to participate fully in the course.

For each lesson, the mentor should discuss the subject matter with the student; particularly where the lesson covers subjects outside their normal practical experience, the mentor may also arrange for the student to spend time in the relevant area of the mill and/or to speak to suitably qualified personnel on site.

Mentors should address any difficulties the students maybe having by discussing the returned lessons and the student’s answers.