The Learner can
- Identify the importance of food safety procedures, safe food handling and avoiding unsafe behaviour
- Identify how to report food safety hazards
- Recognise key legal responsibilities of food handlers
- Identify the importance of keeping food products safe
Qualification overview
1.1 Identify the importance of food safety procedures, safe food handling and avoiding unsafe behavior
1.2 Identify how to report food safety hazards
1.3 Recognise key legal responsibilities of food handlers
2.1 Recognise the importance of personal hygiene in food safety including the role of food handlers in reducing the risk of contamination
2.2 Identify effective personal hygiene practices relating to protective clothing, hand washing, personal illness, cuts, wounds, food handling practices
3.1 Know how to keep the work area and equipment clean and tidy, by following satisfactory procedures relating to cleaning methods, safe use of chemicals and safe storage of cleaning chemicals
3.2 Know the importance of safe waste disposal
3.3 Identify the importance of pest control
4.1 Identify main risks to food safety from contamination and cross-contamination from microbial, chemical, physical and allergenic hazards
4.2 Identify safe food handling and temperature control practices for delivery, storage, date marking and stock rotation
4.3 Identify safe food handling and temperature control practices for preparing, cooking, chilling, reheating, holding, serving and transporting food
4.4 Know how to deal with food spoilage including recognition and reporting
Duration
Recommended Duration: 6 hours (1 day)
Examination
Multiple Choice Examination