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WRAP Social Compliance Course at AMFI a success

23 Feb '12
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Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP), a leader in compliance certification and auditor training, completed its fourth annual social compliance course taught at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

The five-day course taught the future fashion designers, buyers and brand owners about the importance social compliance and the promotion of lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing practices throughout the world. The class ran January 30 to February 3, 2012.

WRAP's Vice President of Training and Education Stuart Webster worked with the honors students in the international production specialization of AMFI's fashion management degree program about factory certification, social compliance practices and challenges, and the role of audits and WRAP certification in the apparel and fashion industry.

On the first day, students learned about the history of social compliance, including factory disasters and labor abuse scandals. The second day focused on the principles of child, forced and trafficked labor, as well as auditing teams and management systems.

Day three focused on health, safety and environment in factories and how to spot risks in factories. Students engaged in six interactive exercises—from spotting dangers in factories to mapping out safety conditions in cafeterias and drafting fire safety plans.

The fourth day of the course encompassed a mock factory audit. With role-plays and interviews, students held factory opening and closing meetings, interviewed workers and audited the factory in full. On the fifth day, students took the final exam, a comprehensive test on social compliance, WRAP principles, the auditing process and health, safety and fair treatment of factory workers.

Students left the course attuned to the importance of social compliance and eager to move forward to careers in apparel sourcing. Now that they have passed the course, the AMFI students will continue on to internships in the apparel sourcing and production industry—many heading to work directly with factories in China and Southeast Asia and stopping at Hong Kong Polytechnic for a course in basic Chinese language and culture along the way.

Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)

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