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CORRESPONDENCE COURSE |
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COURSE INFORMATION |
SYLLABUS MAIZE
MILLING
MODULE 1
1
Occupational safety
2
The importance of maize as a
crop and a source of food
3
Growth and development of
the maize plant
4
Plant classification of
maize: Structure and physical characteristics of the maize kernel
5
Grading regulations
6
Receiving maize in bulk and
in bags
7
Handling of maize in bulk
and bags
8
Storing maize in bulk and in
bags
9
Mass measurement
10 Fumigation
MODULE 2
11 Industrial safety and silo operating (general)
12 Preparation of maize for milling
13 Grain flow control
14 Maize conditioning
15 Treatment and disposal of impurities
MODULE 3
16 Occupational safety
17 Outline of the maize milling process
18 Roller mills
19 Reels, centrifugals and plansifters
20 Purifiers
21 Centrifugal type drum sifters
22 Degerminators
23 The concentrator
24 The maize germ dryer
25 Germ meal pelleting
26 Vibratory sifters
27 Bran finishers
28 Flake breakers
29 Pneumatic conveying
MODULE 4
30 Hygiene, health and safety
31 Outline of the maize milling process
32 The degermination process
33 Break and reduction roll systems
34 The germ roll system
35 Flowsheet principles and mill balance
36 Plansifter internal flow schemes
37 Meal blending, divides and maize products
38 Maize germ meal processing
39 Duties of a shift miller
40 Calculations
41 Infestation control in the mill
SYLLABUS WHEAT
MILLING
MODULE 1
1
Occupational safety
2
The importance of wheat as a
crop and a source of food
3
Growth and development of
the wheat plant
4
Structure of the wheat kernel
and the physical characteristics of wheat
5
Grading rules
6
Receiving wheat in bulk and
in bags
7
Handling of wheat in bulk
and bags
8
Storing wheat in bulk and in
bags
9
Mass measurement
10
Fumigation
MODULE 2
11
Silo operating
12
Company based wheat-grading
systems
13
Industrial safety (general)
14
Preparation of wheat for
milling: Removal of impurities
15
Preparation of wheat for
milling: Grain flow control
16
Sequence and layout of
machines in the screens room
17
Preparation of wheat for
milling: Conditioning
18
Preparation of wheat for
milling: Wheat blending
19
Treatment and disposal of
impurities
MODULE 3
20
Occupational safety
21
Outline of the wheat milling
process
22
Rollermills
23
Reels and centrifugals and
plansifters
24
Purifiers
25
Centrifugal type drum
sifters
26
Vibratory sifters
27
Bran finishers
28
Flake breakers
29
Pneumatic conveying
MODULE 4
30
Hygiene, health and safety
31
Outline of the modern
milling process
32
The break system
33
The scratch system
34
Purification
35
The reduction system
36
Plansifter internal flow
schemes
37
Flowsheet principles and mill
balance
38
Flour processing and divides
39
Product quality
40
Duties of a shift miller
41
Calculations
42
Infestations Control in the
Mill
SYLLABUS
ADVANCED COURSE
The advanced course deals with
both wheat and maize milling. It
consists of four modules; each divided into two chapters, therefore eight
chapters in total.
Generally, the easier chapters
make up the first year’s study, so that modules 1 and 2 will be presented
in year one followed by modules 3 and 4 in year two.
MODULE 1
Chapter 1
Product handling and distribution
Chapter 2
Flour, maize, rye and durum products and their
treatment
MODULE 2
Chapter 3
Quality control
Chapter 4
Pelleting wheat bran and maize germ
MODULE 3
Chapter 5
Finance administration, mill organization, staffing, location
and design of mills
Chapter 6
Legislation
MODULE 4
Chapter 7
Air conveying, power and application of electrical
power
Chapter 8
Instrumentation and process
control