Master Maltster

General Information

Subject to there being sufficient candidates, the MAGB Master Maltster Examination will be held during the week beginning 24th June 2013 in the UK.

The criteria for entry to take the examination is a pass in the MAGB Malting Diploma Examination within the past five years. Candidates will be allowed two attempts to gain a pass in the Master Maltster exams. 

Sponsorship

Each candidate must be sponsored by a person normally within his/her own company, who will be approved by the MAGB. It is expected that your sponsor for the Malting Diploma will fulfil this role and therefore will have received all supporting information. Please inform the MAGB if this is not the case.

The Examination

The Examination consists of three parts:

A project, which must be of between 5,000 and 7,500 words, to be submitted to the MAGB in duplicate by Thursday 28th March 2013. Projects of either below 5,000 or above 7,500 words will be returned to you for correction. The project will be marked and you will be informed of the results before the case study and oral exam in June 2013. Should your project fail you will be able to submit your reworked project in order to be considered for the Master Maltster in future years. Candidates gaining the Malting Diploma have five years in which to register to take the Master Maltster exam.

A case study – a three hour exam on a topic of relevance to malting. This exam will be based on a set of detailed case study notes that candidates will be required to interpret and make observations and recommendations that would be of a calibre suitable for major decisions at board level. As such candidates will need to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge not only of malting process operations, but of the compliance and legislative and management issues that are needed to successfully manage a project and analyses in depth the various options, risks, costs and benefits.

An oral exam – up to one hour questioning by a panel of at least four Examiners on aspects of your project plus the exam syllabus. You will be permitted to bring your project into this exam to refer to.

The Award

The Maltsters’ Association of Great Britain will award a certificate to successful candidates. This qualification will be ‘The Master Maltster’ awarded by the MAGB, and holders are entitled to use the designation M.Malt.

Queries about Results & Formal Appeals

Drawing up the list of results is the responsibility of the Examination Board (EB) on behalf of The Maltsters Association of Great Britain (MAGB). The EB exercises judgement as to whether or not each candidate has reached the standard required to qualify for the award of a Master Maltster and this decision is final in that there is no right of appeal to any other body outside MAGB. At each stage of the award process, careful checks are made to ensure that the EB makes decisions on the basis of full and accurate information. 

Timetable

Registration Fees

The registration fee for the examination for employees of MAGB members will be £200 plus VAT per candidate, with a fee of £300 plus VAT to take the case study and oral exam. For all other candidates, the registration fee will be £400 plus VAT and the case study and exam fee £600 plus VAT. Your company will be invoiced once your registration has been accepted.