Food Processing Skills Canada is excited to partner with industry employers to deliver exciting new virtual reality learning experiences to your employees.
iFood360° has been designed to provide all of the tools you need to enable your team with state of the art operational and social emotional training opportunities.
Delivering state of the art training to help build a stronger, more cohesive and competitive team for your business has never been easier.
A value of more than $24,000!
And it’s FREE. There is No Cost to you or your organization!
Here's what you will get:
Virtual Reality Headsets
Each project partner will receive one or more Oculus Quest 2 headsets, preloaded with iFood360° content, and all the required peripherals.
The Oculus Quest 2 is a light weight, all-in-one VR headset that does not require a gaming PC or any external tracking sensors. It is powerful enough to run impressively detailed virtual reality experiences, and portable enough to support training access to multiple participants.
FPSC Learning Management System (LMS)
Each project participant can navigate to the FPSC LMS through a personalized, secure online portal. In the LMS, students can engage in proven and effective e-learning courses tailored to the industry and the iFood360° VR experiences. They can also track their progress and performance throughout the project.
Partner Dashboard
Each project partner will have access to a personalized online project dashboard, where they can track participant activities and progress. A simple and user-friendly interface puts all the project details at your fingertips.
Chromebooks
For project participants with limited access to computers, we can provide Chromebooks to support online self-paced learning for everyone (while quantities last).
Curriculum
Each project participant will complete a curriculum including industry validated e-learning courses focused on operational and social emotional skills, as well as newly developed virtual immersive experiences to enhance and reinforce the e-learning content. FPSCs library of e-learning courses is developed with subject matter experts – by industry, for industry. Course content is applicable to real world scenarios and is engaging and informative.
Use the arrows and thumbnails below to explore the iFood360° project curriculum.
Industry Specific Skills
Workplace and Industrial Safety
1hr. E-learning Course and
Virtual Immersive Experience
1 hr. E-learning Course
This course covers safety measures that are required to ensure a healthy and safe work environment. Students will learn how to identify potential hazards and how to respond to them.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Get ready to work safely. Select and put on your PPE in virtual reality.
Industry Specific Skills
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
2 hr. E-learning Course
This course covers how GMPs support the safe manufacturing of food. It teaches students how to identify food safety hazards and how they can have a positive impact on food safety.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Complete a virtual reality pre-op inspection to make sure you are productive and safe at work.
Industry Specific Skills
Lock Out Tag Out
1 hr. E-learning Course
This course covers Lock Out Tag Out procedures and why they are important. It teaches the basic steps to a successful Lock Out Tag Out procedure and the responsibilities for each.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Complete a virtual reality lock out tag out procedure to ensure the safety of your coworkers and the equipment.
Industry Specific Skills
Sanitation Level 1
2 hr. E-learning Course
This course provides those who perform or will be performing sanitation, with an essential general background knowledge related to the principles of cleaning and sanitation as well as common food industry practices.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Complete a full wet-cleaning procedure in virtual reality to protect against contamination
Industry Specific Skills
Allergens Level 1
2 hr. E-learning Course
This course covers the priority list of allergens in Canada. Students will learn to identify the sources of allergens related to food safety incidents and describe the best practices and regulations to prevent them.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Make sure you handle allergens properly to prevent contamination.
Industry Specific Skills
Distribution and Warehouse Food Safety
4 hr. E-learning Course
This course will help students understand their role in Good Warehouse Practices and the food safety practices that apply in food processing companies, distribution centers and logistics firms.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Identify potential food safety hazards in the shipping, receiving and warehouse areas.
Industry Specific Skills
Food Spoilage and Food Safety
2 hr. E-learning Course
Participants will learn the important role food workers have in supporting their workplace food safety culture. By following food safety practices, food workers help their employer to protect the consumer and meet government regulations.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Complete a food QA inspection to protect consumers and your business.
Social Emotional Skills
Introduction to Emotional Intelligence
2 hr. E-learning Course
Understand yourself better, to help you deal with everyday problems and conflicts more effectively, making better decisions, building and maintaining healthy relationships with others’, and being more productive at work.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Visit the virtual Champion’s League village and refresh your Emotional Intelligence knowledge.
Social Emotional Skills
Knowing and Handling My Emotions
2 hr. E-learning Course
By completing this training, you will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools that will help you better understand your emotions and how to handle them, which results in greater self-mastery.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Visit the Champion Foods processing area and learn how to better understand and handle your emotions.
Social Emotional Skills
Adaptability in the Workplace
2 hr. E-learning Course
The working world is constantly changing. When change is constant and unpredictable, people who are adaptable are not only better able to survive but also thrive.
Social Emotional Skills
Empathy at Work
2 hr. E-learning Course
Empathy, as an emotional intelligence skill, is the key to unlock better and healthier relationships with others and build true, empathetic connections, which enhances relationships, collaboration, inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Visit the Champion Foods cafeteria and immerse in a 360° video experience to understand how empathy can strengthen relationships.
Social Emotional Skills
Building Personal Resilience
4 hr. E-learning Course
This course will provide employees with insight and guidance on how to build their personal resilience in order to better manage stress and deal effectively with challenging situations.
Virtual Immersive Experience
Visit the Champion Foods racetrack and discover how resilience can help you deal with challenging situations.
Support
Project partners and participants will receive a package of guidebooks and supporting materials to assist them through their learning journey. We will host an onboarding webinar for all participants to review the learning process and answer any questions, and our project team will be available to support our partners through any technical or learning challenges.
Recruiting and Outreach
iFood360° will also deliver virtual career exploration to students and job seekers across the country, through partnerships with academic institutions, community employment associations, and immigrant serving organizations. Students and clients will participate in engaging virtual reality career exploration experiences that highlight production facilities from all of our industry sectors and present interviews with workers representing many of the exciting career opportunities in the food and beverage processing industry. These activities are designed to drive awareness of our industry and support you in attracting engaged and interested applicants.
