Cement Manufacturing
Cement Chemistry and Quality
Cement Production and Quality Control
Running a quality system across a cement plant, from sampling point to certificate.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- US$1,500
Overview
Cement quality is decided at a dozen points between quarry and silo, and most quality problems are traced to the sampling rather than to the testing. This week builds the control system: where to sample and how often, laboratory methods and their precision, control charts that distinguish drift from noise, and the release process behind a certificate. Standards conformity and customer complaint handling close the week.
Who should attend
Quality managers and laboratory supervisors, process engineers, production superintendents, and technical staff handling customer complaints.
What you will be able to do
- Design a sampling plan that represents what is being made.
- Apply laboratory methods with known precision.
- Use control charts to separate real drift from variation.
- Run a release process a certificate can rest on.
- Investigate a complaint back to its cause.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Sampling
- Sampling points through the process
- Frequency, compositing and representivity
- Sample handling and the errors it introduces
Day 2
The laboratory
- Chemical and physical methods
- Calibration, repeatability and reproducibility
- Proficiency testing
Day 3
Control
- Control charts and limits that mean something
- Process capability
- Reacting to a trend rather than a point
Day 4
Conformity
- Standard requirements and conformity criteria
- Statistical conformity over time
- Certification and documentation
Day 5
Complaints
- Receiving and triaging a complaint
- Retained samples and traceability
- Root cause and corrective action
What you leave with
- A sampling plan for one plant.
- Control charts set up with meaningful limits.
- A complaint investigation procedure.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.