Raw Material Receiving for Winemaking Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply standard operating procedures for receiving grapes, juice, and winemaking additives.
• Demonstrate correct use of measuring instruments (e.g., refractometer, pH meter) to assess raw material quality.
• Evaluate incoming raw materials against specification criteria and identify non-conformances.
• Implement proper documentation and record-keeping for traceability and quality assurance.
• Analyze potential risks in raw material handling and propose corrective actions.

Target Audience

This course is designed for cellar workers, production assistants, and entry-level winemaking staff responsible for receiving and inspecting raw materials at wineries or wine estates.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, prior experience in a cellar or production environment is advantageous.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practicals are essential for learners to develop proficiency in raw material inspection, sampling, and quality assessment using industry tools. These supervised sessions ensure learners can apply theoretical knowledge to real-world receiving scenarios.

Practical Activities

• Receiving Area Setup and Safety Inspection — Learners inspect a simulated receiving area, identify safety hazards, and set up equipment for grape delivery. (2h)
• Grape Sampling and Quality Assessment — Learners take representative grape samples from a delivery and perform Brix, pH, and visual assessments. (4h)
• Load Acceptance and Rejection Decision-Making — Given multiple scenarios with quality data, learners decide whether to accept or reject loads and document their decisions. (3h)
• Integrated Receiving Simulation — Learners run a full receiving process from delivery to documentation, including troubleshooting a common issue. (3h)

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.