Correspondence Course in Flour Milling

The IAOM Correspondence Course in Flour Milling consists of five units, with lessons in each unit, and is suitable for trainees: as a refresher course for experienced personnel, and for those in affiliated industries wishing to improve their knowledge of flour milling, cereal grain and seed processing. Each lesson contains an examination paper, which is returned to the IAOM Office, on completion, for grading. A certificate is issued on the successful completion of all but the fifth unit and a diploma is issued on the successful completion of unit five. The course is also offered in Spanish.

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Summary of Topics by Units

Unit No. 1

Unit No. 3

Unit No. 4 (continued)

·History & Development of Milling Industry

·Introduction to the Milling Process

·Personnel Management

·Mathematics Useful to the Operative Miller

·Breaking

·Production Planning and Control

·Some Applications of Physics to Milling

·The Sizings and Middlings Streams of the Mill

·Accounting for Flour Mill Operations

·Engineering Drawing

·Purification

·Mill Management and Organization

·Some Applications of Mechanics to Milling

·Reduction

Unit No. 5

·Uses of Air Power

·Flour Bolting and Analysis

·Corn Milling

·Power Transmission

·Tail End Streams

·Oat Milling

·Grain Cleaning

·Mill By-Products

·Rice Milling

·Milling Equipment

·Flour Finishing

·Durum Milling

·Physical Characteristics of Wheat

·Glossary of Milling Terms

·Dry Milling of Sorghum

·Other Wheat Products

·Flow Sheets

·Rye Milling

Unit No. 2

·Flow Sheet Design

·Cereal Milling

·General Discussion of Grain Grading

Unit No. 4

· Flour Packaging and Package Handling Systems

·Grain Movement

·Bulk Storage of Flour

·Instrumentation – Its Use in Flour Milling

·Elevator Wheat Handling

·Cereal Chemistry for Millers

·Air Stabilization

·Grain Storage

·The Baking Test Packaging and Material Handling in the Flour Mill

·Pneumatic Conveying

·Grain Cleaning

·Control of Stored Grain Insects

·Analyzing Flow Sheets

·Dry Cleaning of Wheat

·Flour Mill Engineering

·Corn Washing

·Traffic Department Functions

·Wheat Conditioning

·Grain Marketing



The course consists of five (5) units. There is no set time to complete a unit or the Course; the students take the Course at their own pace. The Units must be completed in numerical order. Upon completing the questions to the test of each lesson, the tests are sent to the IAOM Headquarters for grading. Upon completion of the first four (4) units a Certificate of Completion is issued. Upon completion of the fifth (5th) and final unit a diploma is issued.

 

Cost Per Unit:  $95 USD Members
$125 USD Non-Members
     
Complete 5-Unit Set: $425 USD Members (save $50)
$575 USD Non-Members (save $50)

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