With the purpose of widening the range of training courses for the personnel of the food industry of Latin America, AgroBioTek started in 2007 a South-South Alliance with GCL Capacita, S.A., a member of Fundación Chile. GCL is a Chilean entity that since its creation in 1998 has worked to improve the labor competitiveness of professional, technicians and operators of the agro-food industries (http://www.gcl.cl/). GCL has given to date 2,000 courses and trained 44,000 people. As member of Fundación Chile, GCL Capacita, S.A. shares much of the success that the Republic of Chile has had in exporting quality food products to many countries in the world, and being recognized as a premier food exporting country in Latin-America.

The strategic alliance initiated between GCL and AgroBioTek relies on the shared belief that success in the production, processing and commercialization of safe and quality food, based on a food safety management system, has as its foundation, the training and education of its personnel. The years of experience of AgroBioTek and GCL in training personnel for the food industry, coupled with our conviction that theoretical knowledge and everyday practice must be integrated, has allowed us to develop a joint program and learning process focused on transferring theoretical knowledge into everyday work practices.

• Among the seminars given by the AgroBioTek – GCL alliance we can mention:
• Formation of internal auditors for Food Safety Management Systems based on HACCP
• ISO 22000: 2005: a Food Safety Management System for the food chain
• Practical application of a HACCP system in food services
• Basic microbiology for food safety management
• Tools for improving management systems in food processing plants
• Design, production and control of documentation as part of a management system in food processing plants
• Quality Management: a selection and evaluation system of food suppliers
• Improvement indicators of management systems in food processing plants
• Formation and development of personnel and work teams for quality management systems
• Management of unconformities, corrective and preventative actions through quality tools
• Good Agricultural Practices: Updates of EUREPGAPÒ protocol in Orchad Exports
• Formation of internal auditors for Good Agricultural Practices Protocols
• Introduction to organic agriculture: demands and projections
• Fertilization practices and plague management in organic agriculture
• SuperSafe®: Good practices of perishables in supermarkets (Version: Train the Trainer)
• Good practices of perishables and quality management in supermarkets
• Good Laboratory Practices under ISO 17025
• Updates in sanitary and environmental norms in the food industry