This online Food Handlers Training course will help you gain knowledge and understanding of the responsibilities of food handlers and their employers to maintain personal hygiene when working in any food premises and how to maintain personal hygiene when handling foods or their ingredients. Anyone involved in the manufacturing, collecting, extracting, processing, treating, packing, storing, transporting, delivering, thawing, or preserving food must have an awareness of personal hygiene and basic knowledge of how to maintain this. Food safety awareness for food handlers is crucial, and it is necessary to explain their role in creating a food safety culture and adopting best hygiene practices to ensure food safety in an organization. Our course is designed to be helpful for all such individuals, as well as their employers and supervisors. The knowledge gained from this course will go a long way in reducing food contamination, increasing food safety, and consequently reducing food-borne illnesses.
CONTENT COVERED IN FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING
This Food handlers training – online awareness course contains video tutorials recorded by experienced food safety management system implementers and trainers. For a better understanding of the topics, handouts in .pdf formats are also provided for easy download. The following are the key sessions included in this online course.
Session 1: Basic Requirements to Achieve Food Safety
Session 2: Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers
Session 3: Food Premises Requirements for Food Safety
Session 4: Cleaning and Sanitization Practices
Session 5: Food Safety Hazards
Session 6: Food Fraud – An Overview
Session 7: Introduction to Food Allergy and Allergens
Session 8: Pest Management
Videos / Lectures: The video tutorials by food safety experts on important topics are covered in this food handlers training course. On the rest of the subjects, an audio-visual presentation is available on an online learning management platform, which gives detailed information about the subject.
Handouts: The handouts in PDF format for all of the above eight sessions are provided to the participants of this online food handlers awareness training course. The participants can download and save the handouts on their computer/laptop for better understanding and for future reference also. They can read the handouts offline, anytime, and anywhere.
Online Exams: The participants of this online course will be required to clear all eight session exams and one final exam, which are given as a part of the course. After successfully passing the final exam, their auto-generated Food Safety Handlers Training Certificate will be issued and can be downloaded and printed from the dashboard.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this online food handlers training course are to increase your knowledge and understanding of:
- Who are food handlers?
- Responsibilities of food handlers and their employers
- Hand hygiene for food handlers
- Health and further hygiene considerations like wounds and sores
- Food safety hazards and food allergens
- Food Fraud
- Protective clothing, gloves, etc., for food handlers
- Pest management and pest controls
WHO CAN ENROL IN THIS COURSE?
This course is for all those people who require or want to gain knowledge about personal hygiene of food handlers and how to maintain it in food establishments, food safety hazards, including food allergens, food premises design and construction, pest management, and various methods of pest control. This course will also help all those who want to know about food fraud and its various forms.
PREREQUISITES
There is no prerequisite for joining this course; however, the following will be helpful for better understanding and utilization of this course:
- General awareness of personal hygiene and food safety
- Ability to understand instructions in simple English
AUTHORS & INSTRUCTORS
For details of the authors, trainers, and instructors’ experience and background, please visit our trainers page. They have very rich experience in the subject.
STUDY MATERIALS
This e-Learning course is provided with study materials, and you can read it after you log in or download it in PDF format. Use the study materials to reinforce key points and to keep a reminder of what you already learned, and you can save it on your computer for future reference. The access to this study material is removed after the exam is cleared, and the online certificate is prepared for the student.
EXAMINATION AND COURSE CERTIFICATE
All paid E-learning courses include the Course Certificate that is issued upon course completion and passing the session exams as well as a final exam given in the course with a minimum of 60% marks. The option to reappear in the exam is also given to the student if they fail in any exam.
END OF COURSE INSTRUCTION
After completing the session and passing each session examination, the student can appear for the final exam. Once the final exam is cleared, then it is considered the end of the course. The training certificate is ready on our LMS, and students can print it or save the training certificate. It is also available for verification by entering the name and certificate number.
