Workplace Hygiene

Course Overview
When it comes to preparing and serving food you simply can’t afford to be careless. Have you woken in the middle of the night and experienced stomach cramps, diarrhoea or vomiting?

The unlucky ones among us may have experienced all three complaints at the same time. This pain and discomfort can be traced back to eating food that was contaminated or poisoned. If you fail to follow basic food hygiene you not only place your workplace and yourself in danger but you jeopardise the health of your customers. Food that is unsafe can lead to death. You simply can’t afford to be slack.

Completion of this unit will enable you to follow set procedures, identify and control simple hazards and take hygiene measures to ensure that food and other items, such as equipment and appliances, are free from contamination.

What type of certificate will I receive?

Graduates of our Short Courses will at the conclusion of their program receive a Certificate of Completion. You could use this Certificate to prove to a potential or current employer that you have successfully participated in an online training course, offered by an RTO.

Australian students: If you require a Statement of Attainment certificate for employment in your industry, or for use in a Higher AQF Qualification, you will need to enrol in an ‘accredited’ Nationally Recognised Training unit.

You can study the accredited versions of some our short courses online with us – so please check the course’s information page for more details if this applies to you.

How do I print my Certificate?

To protect the integrity of your Certificate, it will be protected by a unique ID number allocated only to you. This number is recorded against your Profile, and if you choose to upload a Photo of yourself into your Profile, it will protect your certificate from duplication and fraudulent use.

Course Outline

This course has 4 chapters, in which you will learn how to:

• Follow hygiene procedures and identify hygiene hazards
• Report any personal health issues
• Prevent food and other item contamination
• Prevent cross-contamination by washing hands.

You will progress at your own speed, page-by-page through the course listening, reading and watching the training material. Along the way you will be invited to participate in a range of self-tests and interactive, problem-solving activities. At the end of each chapter, our computer will test your understanding of the content via 20 multiple-choice questions. These 20 questions are distributed evenly across each of the 4 chapters, and you will need to answer each question correctly to move forward to the next chapter of the course.

Why Should I study this Course?

This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to apply good hygiene practices within a wide range of service industry operations. You will learn how to follow predetermined procedures, identify and control simple hazards and take particular hygiene measures to ensure the non-contamination of food and other items that might put customers, colleagues and self at a health risk.

This course is ideal online training for those:

• Who are unemployed and/or in pre-employment training, looking to enter the Hospitality and Service Industries.
• Who are in pre-vocational training and are looking to embark on a new career in the Tourism and Hospitality sectors.
• Frontline operational personnel who work under close supervision and guidance from others during the normal course of their daily activities
• Who are already working within the Hospitality or Service Industries and wish to improve their skills and/or meet their Professional Development obligations.
• That that are not involved with the Service Industries at all, but just want to know what the secrets are to providing world-class service, and handling customer complaints.

For the purposes of food safety, this course is perfect training for all staff of hospitality, commercial catering and retail venues where food is stored, prepared, displayed and served. The course concepts apply to any venue that operates a permanent or temporary kitchen or smaller food preparation area.

If you require a Statement of Attainment for the unit SITXOHS001B, you can enrol in the Nationally Recognised Training unit with us.

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