Food Safety Awareness Training for Support Workers

This Food Safety training program will assist support workers to understand the principles and practices of safe food preparation for others.

2 hours and 30 minutes live online training and knowledge assessment
2 hours face-to-face training and knowledge assessment

Food Safety for Support Workers: Live Online Training and Knowledge Assessment
Food Safety for Support Workers: Face-to-Face Training and Knowledge Assessment

1 year

We select our Premium Health trainers and assessors carefully. All are nurses or paramedics with appropriate qualifications, technical expertise and experience in the health care, emergency first aid and education sectors. This enables them to provide you with quality training which is grounded in experience and knowledge of the field.

Some of the topics include:

• recognising the responsibilities for those handling food


• defining safe preparation, cooking and cooling requirements


• defining the 2 hour / 4 hour rule


• defining safe practice when handling and storing food


• identifying the conditions that encourage bacteria growth


• defining the temperature danger zone


• recognising the importance of cleaning and waste management