Grape Destalking and Crushing Plant Operation Training

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the correct start-up, operation, and shutdown procedures for a grape destalking and crushing plant.
• Apply safety protocols and identify potential hazards associated with destalking and crushing equipment.
• Monitor plant performance and adjust parameters to maintain product quality and throughput.
• Evaluate the condition of grapes and detect defects or contamination during processing.
• Perform routine cleaning and basic maintenance tasks to ensure equipment hygiene and longevity.
• Record production data and report deviations from standard operating procedures.

Target Audience

This course is intended for winery production workers, cellar hands, and process operators who are responsible for operating destalking and crushing equipment. It is also suitable for supervisors seeking to deepen their technical understanding of grape processing.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners will gain hands-on experience operating a destalking and crushing plant under supervision. Practical sessions cover machine setup, adjustment for different grape types, cleaning, and basic troubleshooting to reinforce theoretical knowledge.

Practical Activities

• Equipment Familiarisation and Pre-Start Checks — Learners identify major components, perform pre-start checks, and practise lockout/tagout procedures. (2h)
• Operation and Adjustment for White Grapes — Learners operate the plant with white grapes, adjusting destemmer speed and crusher gap to achieve optimal must quality. (3h)
• Operation and Adjustment for Red Grapes — Learners operate the plant with red grapes, adjusting settings to accommodate different berry firmness and stem condition. (3h)
• Cleaning, Maintenance, and Fault Response — Learners perform end-of-day cleaning, basic maintenance (lubrication, inspection), and respond to simulated faults. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.