Food Safety Training Course
This food safety and food handling training course will help your staff to understand the importance of how to handle food safely, prevent food contamination, identify personal hygiene requirements and food storage practices in different food handling settings.
Online Food Safety and Food Handling Training Course
Food safety and the proper handling of food are vital for protecting public health, reducing economic costs, maintaining consumer trust, ensuring regulatory compliance, preventing food waste, protecting vulnerable individuals and upholding ethical standards.
Did you know these facts about food safety and food handling?
- Adhering to food safety practices is essential for the well-being of individuals and the overall health of society.
- Food handlers are required to take deliverage steps to keep food safe and free from harmful bacteria.
Food safety and handling training course overview
The online food safety course for employees, contractors and volunteers covers the importance of food safety and food handling, personal hygiene requirements, how to prevent food contamination, food storage practices and the difference between cleaning and sanitising. It encourages all individuals who handle food to be mindful of their hygiene requirements and understand how to effectively work with food to ensure there is no contamination that can lead to food poisoning.
Target audience of the food safety training course
This food safety course is suitable for all people or groups, including employees, food handlers, food service workers, kitchen staff, restaurant staff, contractors, and volunteers. This online food safety and handling training course can be provided to new starters at induction and also as refresher food safety training on an ongoing basis. It is ideal for individuals working in distribution centres, manufacturing, and in roles related to warehousing and distribution, ensuring that all personnel are equipped with the necessary knowledge to maintain food safety standards.
Topics covered in the food safety and handling course
The following topics are covered in this Food Safety course:
- The importance of food safety and handling
- Identifying personal hygiene requirements
- Preventing food contamination
- Safe food storage practices
- Differences between cleaning and sanitising
- Different food handling settings.
Duration of the food safety training course
This food safety and handling training course will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Learner experience of the food safety and handling course
This online food safety and handling training course is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. It can be delivered through the Sentrient online workplace compliance system or human resource management platform or via your existing learning management system if you already have one. During this food safety training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce the importance of food safety and handling, understanding personal hygiene requirements, preventing food contamination and understanding the difference between cleaning and sanitising.
Learning outcomes of the food safety training course
At the end of this online food safety course, your employees, contractors, and volunteers will be able to:
- Understand the importance of food safety and handling
- Be able to implement good personal hygiene
- Prevent food contamination and food poisoning
- Understand safe food storage practices
- Recognise the difference between cleaning and sanitising
- Recognise different food handling settings.
Business outcomes of the food safety and handling course
Once your staff have completed this online food safety course, you will receive the following benefits:
- Be aware that everyone understands the importance of food safety and handling
- Have staff implement good personal hygiene
- Ensure the prevention of food contamination
- Implementation of safe food storage practices
- Build understanding to ensure safe food handling processes
Other related online courses
The food safety training can be completed as stand-alone eLearning or rolled out with other Sentrient online workplace compliance training at induction and as a regular refresher training. Other related courses by Sentrient include medication management, restrictive practices, and cultural awareness.
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