Certificate in Food Safety

The course is aimed at all food handlers, providing you with an understanding of safe food handling.
The course details the causes, and prevention of, food poisoning, food-borne illnesses and food spoilage. Learn to identify and prevent conditions under which food spoilage occurs and conditions leading to food contamination. Learn good personal hygiene habits and cleaning programmes, and identify and explain what food safety is all about.  This course meets local authority approval food safety training requirements.

Qualifications

Successful applicants will receive the:

•  Hospitality Standards Institute Certificate of Achievement (Food Safety)

As well as the following unit standards:

• Unit Standard 167 (Practise food safety methods in a food business)
• Unit Standard 20666 (Demonstrate a basic knowledge of hazards and control methods) 

Duration:

2.5 days, 9am to 3pm. The course is spread over two weeks. See course dates for more information.

Course Dates:

Class Size:

Limited to 15

Entry Requirement:

Domestics Students: Open

International Students (those who are not NZ/Australian citizens or permanent residents and hold a work visa/permit) must be 18 years of age, have proof of current medical and travel insurance at time of enrolment and supply a copy of their current permit/visa on application.

Fees 

Accreditation: 

Course units are accredited by the New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) and approved by the Hospitality Standards Industry (HSI).  

Further Information & Enrolments

Please click here to request an information/enrolment pack.