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Duration:
2 Days
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Course Price
E975.00
Basic Food Practices
Welcome to the Basic Food Practices course. This programme provides learners with the essential knowledge and practical skills required to handle food safely, maintain hygiene standards, prevent contamination, and support food safety compliance in the workplace. Learners will gain an understanding of personal hygiene, food handling procedures, cleaning practices, and basic food safety principles needed in food-related environments.
Course Overview
The Basic Food Practices course equips learners with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work safely and hygienically in food handling environments. The course covers food hygiene principles, personal hygiene requirements, contamination prevention, cleaning and sanitation, safe food storage, temperature control, and workplace food safety responsibilities.
Learners will understand how unsafe food handling can lead to contamination and foodborne illness, and how proper food safety practices help protect consumers, maintain hygiene standards, and support compliance with workplace and legal requirements.
Learning Methods
This course combines theoretical learning with practical demonstrations, workplace examples, and interactive activities to ensure learners develop the confidence to apply safe food handling and hygiene practices effectively.
- Interactive classroom presentations
- Food hygiene and contamination prevention discussions
- Practical handwashing and hygiene demonstrations
- Safe food handling exercises
- Cleaning and sanitation demonstrations
- Food safety case studies
- Group discussions and problem-solving activities
- Temperature control and storage guidance
- Trainer-led coaching and guidance
- Practical competency assessments
Learners will participate in practical exercises designed to build confidence and ensure they can handle food safely, maintain hygiene standards, and contribute to food safety compliance in the workplace.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
1. Understand the importance of food safety and hygiene.
2. Identify common food safety hazards and contamination risks.
3. Understand the causes and consequences of foodborne illness.
4. Apply good personal hygiene practices in food handling areas.
5. Demonstrate correct handwashing procedures.
6. Prevent cross-contamination during food handling and preparation.
7. Handle raw and cooked foods safely.
8. Understand the importance of temperature control in food safety.
9. Store food safely to prevent spoilage and contamination.
10. Recognise the importance of cleaning and sanitising food contact surfaces.
11. Use cleaning materials and sanitation procedures correctly.
12. Identify signs of food spoilage and unsafe food conditions.
13. Understand safe waste disposal practices in food environments.
14. Follow workplace food handling procedures and instructions.
15. Recognise the importance of protective clothing and personal cleanliness.
16. Report unsafe food practices, contamination risks, or hygiene concerns.
17. Understand basic pest control awareness in food areas.
18. Maintain good housekeeping in food preparation and storage areas.
19. Support compliance with workplace food safety standards and requirements.
20. Demonstrate practical food safety and hygiene skills during assessments.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for employees and individuals involved in food preparation, food handling, serving, storage, or cleaning within food-related environments. No previous food safety training experience is required.
This course is ideal for:
- Food Handlers
- Kitchen Staff
- Catering Employees
- Restaurant Workers
- Hospitality Staff
- Bakery Staff
- Butchery Staff
- Food Production Workers
- Warehouse Staff handling food products
- School kitchen staff
- Healthcare food service workers
- Retail employees handling food products
- Supervisors and Team Leaders in food environments
- Cleaners working in food preparation areas
- Packhouse and food processing workers
- Fast food staff
- Canteen workers
- Food delivery preparation staff
- Small food business owners
- Temporary staff in food handling environments
- Anyone responsible for safe food handling and hygiene practices.
Successful learners will have the ability to handle food safely, maintain hygiene standards, prevent contamination, and support food safety compliance in the workplace.
Course Content
This course provides learners with essential food safety and hygiene knowledge and practical skills required to handle food safely and support food safety compliance in the workplace.
- Introduction to food safety and hygiene
- Importance of safe food practices
- Foodborne illness and contamination risks
- Types of food contamination
- Personal hygiene requirements for food handlers
- Correct handwashing procedures
- Protective clothing and personal cleanliness
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Safe handling of raw and cooked food
- Food storage principles
- Temperature control and food safety
- Signs of food spoilage and unsafe food
- Cleaning and sanitising food contact surfaces
- Cleaning schedules and sanitation practices
- Waste handling and disposal in food areas
- Pest awareness and food area cleanliness
- Housekeeping in food preparation areas
- Reporting hygiene and food safety concerns
- Workplace food safety rules and procedures
- Responsibilities of food handlers and supervisors
- Food safety inspections and checks
- Practical food handling exercises
- Scenario-based hygiene discussions
- Final practical assessment
Upon successful completion, learners will have the knowledge and practical skills required to handle food safely, maintain hygiene standards, prevent contamination, and contribute to a safer and more compliant food handling environment.
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