Intertek Alchemy has partnered with American Bakers Association to bring a proven curriculum for training commercial bakery operators into the Alchemy Training System. The new ABA Baking Skills premium library includes 13 courses and exams that cover essential skills needed in frontline roles.

Baking and Training Expertise
With over 100 years serving commercial bakeries, ABA is a respected authority in the industry, and they used their inherent knowledge to build a set of training courses to help their association members with workforce development. We’ve partnered with them to bring some of these courses into the Alchemy Training System. This blending of strengths will enable you to consistently train staff across sites and shifts and track and report on completion with ease as you do with other Alchemy courses.

These training courses go in depth on practices and methods that are unique to the challenges found in commercial baking. ABA designed them to empower frontline workers to confidently execute baking processes, so your teams improve product consistency and reduce waste.

The Library Courses
These eLearning courses include general baking lessons and specific training for certain types of breads. They are only available in English except for one topic that has a Spanish option.

All topics include an exam that allows you to verify understanding. These exam results will reside in Alchemy Manager providing easy access to demonstrate compliance when audits arise.

Core Fundamentals (also in Spanish)

• Baking Basics 101 – UQMABA001
• Baking Basics 101 – Exam – UQMABA001E

Bread Production

• Bread Manufacturing – Part 1 of 3 – UQMABA007 
• Bread Manufacturing – Part 2 of 3 – UQMABA008
• Bread Manufacturing – Part 3 of 3 Exam – UQMABA008E

Bread Quality

• Bread Quality – Part 1 of 2 – UQMABA005 
• Bread Quality – Part 2 of 2 Exam – UQMABA005E 

Variety Breads

• Variety Breads: Hearth Breads – Part 1 of 2 – UQMABA002 
• Variety Breads: Hearth Breads – Part 2 of 2 Exam – UQMABA002E 
• Variety Breads: Sourdough Breads – Part 1 of 2 – UQMABA003 
• Variety Breads: Sourdough Breads – Part 2 of 2 Exam – UQMABA003E 

Rolls and Buns

• Hamburger/Hotdog Buns – Part 1 of 2 – UQMABA004 
• Hamburger/Hotdog Buns – Part 2 of 2 Exam – UQMABA004E 

If your baking company has goals to improve production efficiency, worker safety, and quality, this library can help you meet your objectives. Please talk with your account manager for pricing on adding this premium library to your Alchemy Catalog.

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