Developed in partnership

Satinbird® Education is pleased to have developed this Assurance Essentials course in partnership with Freshcare Limited.

Freshcare is an Australian-owned, purpose-driven organisation, providing internationally recognised assurance standards for the fresh produce and wine grape industries.

For the horticulture and wine industries

The Australian horticulture industry is a major producer and employer.  

In 2020/2021, the industry produced around 6.6 million tonnes of fresh produce and was a net exporter.  The distribution and value of that produce from farm gate to consumer is shown in the diagram below. Source:  Hort Innovation, The Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2020/21. 

The Australian wine grape industry produced a further 2.0 million tonnes of grapes and 1.5 billion litres of wine in the same period. Some 474 million litres were consumed domestically and 693 million litres exported. Source: Wine Australia.

The horticulture industry employs some 60,000 people in 15,400 diverse businesses with about 100,000 contractors required at peak harvest.  The Australian wine industry comprises a further 2,156 wineries and some 6,000 grape-growing businesses. Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Wine Australia

Assurance Essentials supports an excellent reputation

Strong industry standards and training programs help ensure the industry's world class reputation for bringing high quality and safe product through the supply chain to consumers.

With opportunity for career development

Satinbird Education has carefully selected a number of training courses that support the learning outcomes from Assurance Essentials with relevant workplace skills development. 

They have been grouped into areas of interest with each group containing courses at three levels of learning to help chart a rewarding path for career development. 

Click on each of the (+) signs to explore these courses and take your career and/or business to the next level.

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Course curriculum

    1. Unit 0 Overview

    2. Raising the bar in the Australian fresh produce industry

    3. Navigating Assurance Essentials

    4. Exploring concepts with Sunnyday Farms

    5. Introducing Freshcare standards

    6. Unit 0 Wrap up

About this course

  • Price TBA
  • 6 Units of learning
  • Custom and public domain video content