Expanding Expertise
International Grains Program partners with Buhler to offer milling course in two languages.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The International Grains Program, in conjunction with Buhler Inc., will host its Buhler-KSU Expert Milling course in English March 17-21, 2014 and in Spanish March 24-28, 2014. The course will be held at the IGP Conference Center and will give participants a more theoretical and practical milling understanding. Production managers, head millers and shift managers are encouraged to attend.
The English course will be instructed by Tobias Nänny, manager of the Buhler Training
Center in Uzwil, Switzerland, and Shawn Thiele, Milling Operations Manager. The Spanish course will be instructed by Ralph Linnemann, flour milling expert from the Buhler Training Center in Uzwil, Switzerland. The course content will include wheat tempering, cleaning systems, break release, purifier techniques and more. Course participants will learn through both in class presentations and practical milling exercises in the Hal Ross Flour Mill.
“This course is focused on experienced millers and the main objective is to teach more
advanced milling techniques, while broadening the knowledge of equipment they may not be familiar with,” Thiele says.
A participant of the 2013 course from Siemer Milling in Kentucky, Richard Gillespie, appreciated the knowledge of the instructors and would recommend IGP courses to his co-workers.
“The knowledge you learn here is second to none, you aren’t going to get that working at a mill with a hundred different things going on,” Gillespie says. “Here you have a week solid of one-on-one training that will only benefit you and your company.”
For more information about this course visit the IGP website at www.grains.ksu.edu/igp. To register for the course visit the International Association of Operative Miller’s website at www.iaom.info.
This is just one example of the many partnership trainings offered through IGP. In addition to flour milling and grain processing, IGP offers trainings in areas of grain marketing and risk management, and feed manufacturing and grain management.
Story by: Briana Jacobus For more information contact: Lisa Moser
IGP Communications Intern IGP Marketing and Communications Coordinator
briana0@ksu.edu 785-532-5932; lmoser@ksu.edu
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