Course Overview:

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Have you been asked to create and write a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)? 

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Are you a newcomer to SOPs, never written one or had to use one before? Seems a bit daunting doesn’t it?

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The How to Write SOPs Training Course aims to provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge to create effective SOPs.

Why are SOPs considered to be crucial for a company’s business processes? 

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If you work in manufacturing and your company commits to producing a quality product or service; constructive SOPs covering critical tasks provide a method to ensure your Quality Management System is followed.

We suggest you do not leave it to chance, and take the time and opportunity to learn effectively how to dissect a task down into a logical structure and sequence, write the SOP and test it in use before approval.

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Course Content:

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• Understand the need for SOPs​

  • Understand what key features constitute an SOP

  • Why some SOPs are difficult to understand, use and are not readily accepted by the users

  • What makes an effective SOP?

• Why have and use Standard Operating Procedures?

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• Defining where SOPs fit within a Quality System​

  • How to control and manage SOPs

• How SOPs fit in with other documentation

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• Create a simple process flowchart

  • Break down a task into logical steps

  • Create a flowchart from the logical steps

  • Provide a flowchart as the first part of a SOP

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• Create a Standard Operating Procedure

  • Use the flowchart to create a Standard Operating Procedure

  • Review the SOP for potential improvements

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• Training and SOPs

  • The importance of training to SOPs​

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• Different training documents to use