HED TRAINING
TRAINING REGISTRATION
Interested individuals, or groups, can register for the training by clicking on the ‘Register Now’ button bellow and filling in the Training Registration Form. Additionally, those who would like to learn more about the training can do so by contacting our Lead Trainer Prof. Dr Vladimir Kakurinov, directly at the ‘Contact Trainer’ button below.
After registering for the Training, the corresponding participant(s) will be contacted by our Lead Authorized Trainer Prof. Dr Vladimir Kakurinov, with full information about their training facilitation, detailed according to the specifics in the participant’s training registration form.
WHAT IS HED
Hygienic Engineering and Design (HED) is the design and engineering of equipment and premises to assure the control of food safety hazards, to maintain product quality and to enhance cleanability.
TARGET GROUPS
Based on the needs for their functional roles and responsibilities, there are four (4) target groups that can benefit from this training:
- Designers
- Management, Marketing and Sales Staff
- Operators, Maintainers, and Cleaners
- Auditors, Inspectors, and Certifiers
(from technical engineering, process development and quality assurance)
After completion of this course, the qualified student should be able to discharge successfully the role of sole responsible expert in hygienic design for design, construction or operational teams involved with food machinery or food processing.
(from design and mechanical engineering companies as well as from the food industry)
After completion of this course, the qualified student should be in a position to discharge successfully the role of executive manager or marketing or sales professional in an organization involved in designing, installing, maintaining or operating and cleaning food machinery or food processes and systems in such a way that hygienic safety is established and maintained.
Sales and marketing professionals need sufficient knowledge of hygienic design to assure that sale and development of existing or new products comply with the above requirements.
After completion of this course, the qualified student should be competent to: operate, maintain, install and clean food machinery or processes in such a way that its hygienic safety is established and maintained, provided the general training is complete.
NOTE: This group also includes welders, fitters, mechanics, IT specialists, electricians, and technicians that maintain, modify or build hygienic systems
After completion of this course, the qualified student should be competent to verify or test the conformance of hygienic equipment and associated systems and documentation to European Directives and standards, including the EHEDG Document No. 8.
TRAINING CONTENT
The Hygienic Engineering and Design Training provides a standard platform for training and education in hygienic engineering and design, based on training modules that summarize the key knowledge points. The theoretical fundamentals of different subjects are given shortly and concisely, continuously relating these elements to practice.




CERTIFICATION
The HED Training is conducted by trainers with experience in HED theoretical and practical knowledge. At the end of the training, trainees receive a HED certificate of attendance as proof of their adequate knowledge acquisition concerning the key learning points in Hygienic Engineering and Design.

WHEN, WHERE AND HOW MUCH
The HED training is organized before the start of each NUTRICON Congress, on Monday and Tuesday of the first week of June, in Ohrid, Macedonia, at the same venue as the NUTRICON Congress. The training is conducted in English. For participants at the training who will not attend the congress as well, the Training fee is 500 euros. For participants who also want to attend NUTRICON, the participation fee is 800 euros, a Cumulative Fee that covers the training and 3-day participation at the NUTRICON Congress.
After registering for the Training, the corresponding participant(s) will be contacted by our Lead Trainer, Prof. Dr Vladimir Kakurinov, with full information about their training facilitation, detailed according to the specifics in the participant’s training registration form.
Alternatively, individuals or groups who are unable to attend the congress or would prefer the training separately from the congress should note the preferred period and method (online or physical location training) in which they would like to receive the HED training in the training registration form.
LANGUAGE
Trainees can choose to attend and listen to the training in Macedonian or English.
TRAINING FEE
(Training-Only)
CUMULATIVE FEE
(Training + 3-Day Congress Participation)
LEAD TRAINER
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Kakurinov is an internationally accredited trainer and consultant with over 30 years of experience in food quality, safety, and hygienic design, gained through practical HACCP and HED implementation, maintenance, and modification, enhanced by a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry.