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Qualification Description 

The Food Safety Supervisor training for Health and Community Services is formed from training units from the nationally accredited Health training package (HLT07).

AIECS Food Safety Supervisor certificate is designed to provide students with an advanced knowledge of how to carry our Food Safety Supervisor responsibilities in the Health and Community sector areas.

Organisations that serve food to vulnerable people are in the health and community sector. Businesses such as hospitals, early childhood services, nursing homes, hostels and Meals on Wheels services.

These units describe the skills and knowledge to:
• To comply with personal hygiene, maintain food safety, and contributes to cleanliness of food handling areas and dispose of food.
• Monitor and control food safety hazards and respond to non-conformance as required.
• Supervise the day to day implementation of the food safety program across the entire business, process or food handling areas.

Under Standard 3.2.2A - category one and two businesses must:

• Appoint a certified Food Safety Supervisor (FSS) before engaging in a ‘prescribed activity’
• The certificate must be from either a registered training organisation or an organisation recognised by the relevant food regulator, THAT’S US!
• The certificate must have been obtained within the past 5 years
• Ensure that the FSS is reasonably available to advise and supervise each food handler engaged in that prescribed activity.

Prescribed activities involve handling unpackaged, potentially hazardous foods that are ready to eat, which are high risk.

Career Opportunities

Completion of these units of competencies will provide the student with the elements to gain employment or meet the employment requirements for working as the nominated Food Supervisor.  This course is for people working in the Health and Community Services industry jobs like:

• Childcare workers
• Childcare cooks
• Aged Care chefs/facilities
• Disability services staff
• Meals on wheels staff
• Hospital catering staff
• Hostel catering staff

Units of Competency

1. HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices
2. HLTFSE007 Oversee the day-to-day implementation of food safety in the workplace
3. HLTFSE005 Apply and monitor food safety requirements

Duration

Self-paced means you can fit study in with your lifestyle. There are 3 units in the course, and they must be completed in order. You have three months to complete your food safety supervisors certificate.

This qualification needs to be renewed every 5 years.

Students must have a USI number to enrol in this course – https://www.usi.gov.au/students/create-your-usi

Units of Competency 

Compulsory