ABA, ASB partner to launch new online baking courses

USA — The American Bakers Association (ABA) has partnered with the American Society of Baking (ASB) to unveil a new set of baking courses called the Bakers Manufacturing Academy that users can access online.

Under this partnership, ABA’s Bakers Manufacturing Academy courses will be hosted on ASB’s Learning Management System (LMS), the Education Hub.

According to the ABA, the courses will provide industry-specific, technical education for bakery production employees at multiple skill levels. 

The classes will focus on training for bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, variety hearth bread, cookies, crackers, sheeting, laminating, wire cut cookies, rotary cookies, rotary crackers, sandwich cookies and sandwich crackers.

The two organizations noted that they are united in their mission to foster a culture of continuous learning, growth, and innovation within the baking industry, the two organizations say.

“Promoting education across the baking industry is key to building a more skilled and efficient workforce,” Samantha Moore, senior director of events and programming for the ABA said .

In addition he noted that, leveraging both traditional and innovative learning methods, will make essential training more accessible and impactful than ever before. 

“This collaboration allows professionals to access high-quality, interactive courses conveniently and effectively, ensuring that the industry can keep up with the demands of safety, efficiency, and continuous growth.”

The ABA Bakers Manufacturing Academy courses are now available on the ASB education hub Learning Management Systems (LMS).

According to Sarah Day, ASB’s director of education, the new courses will promote innovation and ensure that our suppliers, bakers, benefit from the highest standards of excellence and safety.

Last year, ASB unveiled the integration of BAKERpedia’s extensive online encyclopedia, which contained over 700 pages of commercial baking resources.

“The focus on delivering quality educational resources, which will add new value for ASB members with workforce development and training, is significantly enhanced with the BAKERpedia content,” Kristen L. Spriggs, ASB executive director said.

“This compendium of baking terms and technical definitions will serve as our foundation for building out our new hands-on and virtual training, certifications, and micro-learning opportunities to support the needs of the commercial baking industry.”

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