The GEAPS and Kansas State University Distance Education Program offers online courses that provide credentials and specialist certifications in grain operations and processing management. These credentials are the only formal certifications in the industry and demonstrate commitment to career growth. Courses cover topics like grain quality management, safety procedures, and materials handling. Completing multiple courses leads to credentials that showcase skills to employers and allow title use for career advancement. The program continues expanding its course offerings and languages to better serve the industry globally.

1. Advance Your Career with Distance
Education Courses
Learn valuable job skills and earn the only formal
credentials in the industry
GEAPS AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM

2. The Credential in Grain Operations Management (CGOM) and the Credential in Grain Processing
Management (CGPM) are the only formal credentials in the grain industry.
The CGOM and CGPM are each obtained by completing six
GEAPS/K-State courses. Earning a credential demonstrates
your desire to grow your knowledge of the industry and your
commitment to achievement. When you complete a credential,
you receive a certificate commemorating your accomplishment,
and you can list the credential after your name on business
cards, resumes, email signatures and your LinkedIn profile.
You can continue expanding your education and career skills
by earning Specialist Credentials in Grain Quality Management,
Grain Handling Equipment Management and Property and
Casualty Risk Management. Completion of all three specialist
credentials is required to earn a Master Credential in Grain
Operations Management.
“It amazes me how much recognition I am receiving by mentioning
I am enrolled with GEAPS/K-State during interviews. I want to move
up in my career and am willing to relocate. Companies out on the East
Coast andWest Coast know of GEAPS and it’s a huge plus for me to be
able to put my course work down on applications and on my resume.”
— NICK JACKSON, studentmember,UniversityofIndiana
CREDENTIAL IN GRAIN PROCESSING MANAGEMENT (CGPM)
GEAPS 520: Grain Quality Management
GEAPS 540: Safety Management of Grain and Processing Facilities
GEAPS 550: Materials Handling I
GEAPS 600: Overview of Milling Operations
GEAPS 620: Grain Receiving, Cleaning and Conditioning
GEAPS 630: Quality Control/Quality Assurance Practices in
Flour Milling
SPECIALIST CREDENTIALS
SPECIALIST IN GRAIN QUALITY MANAGEMENT
GEAPS 521: Aeration System Design and Fan Operational
Management
GEAPS 522: FGIS Grain Inspection Orientation
GEAPS 524: Grain Drying
GEAPS 525: Management of Insect Pests in Stored Grain
SPECIALIST IN GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT
GEAPS 551: Materials Handling II
GEAPS 552: Materials Handling III
GEAPS 554: Grain Elevator Equipment Maintenance I
GEAPS 555: Advanced and Preventive Maintenance for Grain
Facilities: Conveyance Equipment
SPECIALIST IN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY RISK MANAGEMENT
GEAPS 541: Developing an Effective Safety Culture at Your Company
GEAPS 542: Electrical Safety for Grain and Processing Facilities
GEAPS 544: Preventing and Responding to Grain Dust Explosions
GEAPS 545: Grain Entrapment: Causes, Prevention and Rescue
CREDENTIAL IN GRAIN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (CGOM)
GEAPS 500: Introduction to Grain Handling Operations
or GEAPS 501: Management Basics for Grain Facility Supervisors
GEAPS 510: Grain Facilities Planning and Design I
GEAPS 520: Grain Quality Management
GEAPS 530: Quality Management Systems for Bulk Materials
Handling Operations
GEAPS 540: Safety Management of Grain and Processing Facilities
GEAPS 550: Materials Handling I
MASTER CREDENTIAL (MCGOM)
A Master Credential in Grain Operations Management is earned
by completing the CGOM and Specialist Credentials in Grain
Quality Management, Grain Handling Equipment Management
and Property and Casualty Risk Management.

3. The Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) and
Kansas State University (K-State) Distance Education
Program provides online, peer-reviewed CEU courses
taught by grain industry leaders and faculty. These
courses can help improve your job skills and make you
more valuable to employers by exposing you to issues,
standards and best practices from across the industry.
Courses help you work more effectively by combining
the vast experience of GEAPS members with the
academic expertise of K-State faculty. Training can also
help your facility save money and run more efficiently
by teaching valuable project planning and time
management skills.
Each course is entirely online. Lectures and coursework
can be completed at times convenient for you over
the five weeks of the course. In addition, each course
provides structured learning modules and encourages
discussion with faculty and other students.
Learn more at www.geaps.com
Build Your Job Skills

4. “It’s much less expensive to learn how to aerate
and dry grain correctly than it is to do it wrong.
Over-drying and under-drying both can cost
you a lot of money, especially at today’s energy
and grain prices.The GEAPS/K-State courses
on aeration and drying helped us learn how to
keep our grain in condition more efficiently. Our
understanding of when and how to run the dryers
has improved. If you think the tuition costs are too
high, consider the possible losses involving even a
small percentage of your stored grain.”
— BARB GROVE, Farmway Cooperative Inc.
“Learning about preventative maintenance
in the equipment maintenance course was
extremely helpful. Rather than implementing a
crisis-management program, which essentially
guarantees lost time labor-wise, we created a
preventative maintenance program for our facility
using a lot of ideas from the course. For example,
the course helped us improve our current
preventative maintenance book and machine
repair history book.”
— DAN DEWITT, General Mills
Distance Education Courses
Help Your Business
Train Your Employees
Distance education courses offer structured, formal
training and certification options in grain operations
and grain processing management. These courses
strengthen the skills of today’s workforce and grow the
knowledge of tomorrow’s professionals. Investing in
your employees’continuing education can also be a
valuable retention tool, because it shows that you value
your employees and want to enhance their skills.
Volume Discounts
Companies looking for efficient ways to train larger
groups of employees can benefit from course discounts
by purchasing coupon blocks of registrations. Blocks
are available in three sizes, and offer up to a 15 percent
savings on the member price for courses.
Courses On-Demand
Companies can also train groups of employees with
courses on-demand any time of year. Groups that
register at least 10 employees can schedule any course
at least three weeks in advance. Classes are held entirely
online over a five-week period with faculty support.
Spanish Courses
To offer training to more industry professionals around
the world, some distance education courses are offered
in Spanish. Three courses are being offered in Spanish in
2015, and eventually all six courses for the Credential in
Grain Operations Management will be available.

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Course scheduled
Jan. 5-Feb. 6
Registration opens Nov. 17, closes Dec. 16
GEAPS 520: Grain Quality Management
GEAPS 522: FGIS Grain Inspection Orientation
GEAPS 550: Materials Handling I
GEAPS 554: Grain Elevator Equipment Maintenance I
Jan. 12-Feb. 13
Registration opens Nov. 17, closes Jan. 5
GEAPS 520: Grain Quality Management in Spanish
Feb. 9-March 13
Registration opens Jan. 5, closes Feb. 3
GEAPS 521: Aeration System Design and Fan Operational Management
GEAPS 530: Quality Management Systems for Bulk Materials Handling Operations
GEAPS 542: Electrical Safety for Grain and Processing Facilities
GEAPS 544: Preventing and Responding to Grain Dust Explosions
GEAPS 600: Overview of Milling Principles (Processing)
March 16-April 17
Registration opens Feb. 2, closes March 10
GEAPS 500: Introduction to Grain Handling Operations
GEAPS 500: Introduction to Grain Handling Operations in Spanish
GEAPS 540: Safety Management of Grain and Processing Facilities NEW!
GEAPS 555: Advanced and Preventative Maintenance for Grain Facilities:
Conveyance Equipment
GEAPS 620: Grain Receiving, Cleaning and Conditioning (Processing)
April 20-May 22
Registration opens March 16, closes April 14
GEAPS 510: Grain Facilities Planning and Design I
GEAPS 525: Management of Insect Pests in Stored Grain
GEAPS 545: Grain Entrapment: Causes Prevention and Rescue
May 25-June 26
Registration opens April 27, closes May 19
GEAPS 511: Grain Facilities Planning and Design II NEW!
GEAPS 541: Developing an Effective Safety Culture at Your Company
GEAPS 551: Materials Handling II
Sept. 14-Oct. 16
Registration opens July 13, closes Sept. 1
GEAPS 524: Grain Drying
GEAPS 540: Safety Management of Grain and Processing Facilities
GEAPS 540: Safety Management of Grain and Processing Facilities in Spanish
Nov. 2-Dec. 4
Registration opens Sept. 14, closes Oct. 27
GEAPS 501: Management Basics for Grain Facility Supervisors
GEAPS 523: The Grain Industry in Canada: Climate, Crops and People NEW!
GEAPS 552: Materials Handling III
GEAPS 630: Quality Control/Quality Assurance Practices in Flour Milling (Processing)

6. “As demand for GEAPS/K-State courses continues to surge, our program continues to grow and
improve. In 2015, we’ll be offering 28 courses — the most ever — and four will be brand new.
We’re also offering three courses in Spanish and expanding ways for people to earn formal
credentials. If you are in the grain industry or a related profession, the opportunities to learn
and advance have never been better.”
— DOUG FORST, chair,DistanceEducationProgramOversightCommittee
“We saw a marked drop in grade loss at our company.The improvement occurred for a
variety of reasons, but one of them is our participation in GEAPS 522: FGIS Grain Inspection
Orientation. Five of our people have taken the course, and our staff applies what they have
learned every day.We’ve moved from a negative to a positive grade statement.This has been
worth close to $140,000.”
— JIM MCKERCHAR, Parrish&HeimbeckerLtd.
4248 Park Glen Rd
Minneapolis MN 55416 USA
(ISSN) 0746 8008
Grain Elevator and Processing Society
Learn more at www.geaps.com
GEAPS AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES