Food Handling Certificate (Level 1)

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$69.00

SITXFSA005  Use hygienic practices for food safety

Food Handling Course and Certification:

Our Food Handling Certificate (Level 1) course is a fully accredited and is an excellent entry level course for those people starting off in the food industry. Being an accredited course, this means that your certificate (Statement of Attainment) is valid across all of Australia. This course essentially covers basic information regarding how good personal hygiene practices can prevent contamination of food that might cause food-borne illnesses, making sure you understand your responsibilities as a food handler.

All types of people use these skills in the workplace during the course of their daily activities, including cooks, chefs, caterers, kitchen stewards, kitchen hands, bar and food and beverage attendants and sometimes room attendants and front office staff. Food contamination may result in food-borne illnesses such as food poisoning, salmonella and other health risks. The job of a food inspector and handler plays a vital role in preventing the above mentioned things from happening.

To know how to handle food properly and prevent the spread of bacteria or transmission of disease, at the Australian Institute of Accreditation, we offer a quality food safety handling certificate course that can be accessed 24/7. Are you thinking of doing this course as a springboard to the next level course? Did you know that you could save time and money if you completed both Level 1 + 2 Food Handling Certificate courses at the same time? Both units are in our Food Safety Supervisor course. The combined level course is simply an extension on the Level 1 material which you should definitely consider if you see yourself completing Level 2 sometime in the future.

Food Handling and Safety Certificate

We have created a Food Handling Certificate (Level 1) course specifically to enhance the skills and deepen the knowledge about how to properly handle food and keep it safe from bacteria and germs. In the food industry, good personal hygiene is a must, because dirty hands, strands of hair and saliva may carry viruses or bacteria. A person that directly handles, displays or sells food may unknowingly transmit these, if they do not have proper hygiene or do not know how to handle food. Our online course will educate and help you or your frontline personnel work towards accreditation as a Food Safety Supervisor. Our program consists of learning about food safety certificate programs, laws, hazards and processing steps.

Course Outline

  • Introduction to food hygiene
  • Introduction to food poisoning
  • Food safety risks and positioning cycle
  • Controlling bacterial growth
  • Handling food safely
  • Personal hygiene
  • Cleaning and sanitising
  • Pest control

Unit of Competency covered

SITXFSA005 - Use hygienic practices for food safety

Great introduction to food safety

This course is a fantastic way to get started with Food Safety. The Food Act 2006 (the Act) requires every licensed food business to have a food safety supervisor. Every licensed food business must provide to the local government information regarding the food safety supervisor for that business. 

If you are in New South Wales and need a NSW Food Authority certificate you will also need to have completed Level 1 with a NSW approved provider within the last 5 years. This course satisfies the pre-requisites for the NSW Food Authority towards gaining a Food Safety Supervisor certificate. After successfully completing this course, if you complete a Food Handling Certificate (Level 2) within 5 years, you will gain the appropriate qualifications to be issued the NSW Food Safety Supervisor certificate.

You will need to meet our assessment condition requirements to complete our 100% online Course 

Performance Evidence Video Submission assessment requirements:
This provides direct evidence that demonstrates your practical skills in an operational food preparation environment. You will submit your assessments (directly to the course page) by recording yourself completing several straight-forward examples of Food Safety in short, 2 minute smartphone videos, or setup a Zoom with one of our trainers to quickly demonstrate your skills live in less than 20 minutes.
Videos will need to be recorded in an operational food preparation environment or industry workplace.

Third Party Observation Report assessment requirements:
This provides supplementary evidence to further demonstrate your practical skills in an operational food preparation environment.
You must have a (recent past or present) nominated observer, with at least 18 months industry experience (eg. boss, supervisor, co-worker) willing to complete an electronic observation report on your behalf.

Please note: If you are looking to start your own business (e.g. at home cake making or a food truck) and you have no current food industry experience, or do not have anyone that can act as your third party observer, then our course is not for you. In this situation, we would recommend you research a reputable company that you can complete a face to face food safety course with. There, you can complete simulated activities in a suitably resourced training space and be observed by a qualified trainer.

489 reviews for Food Handling Certificate (Level 1)

  1. Jemima O

    easy and efficient

  2. Rahul K

    The ease of completing the course.

  3. Amy H

    It was easy to access and complete. It was straight forward and simple to understand and complete.

  4. Gladys H

    the evaluation process

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  6. Nowreen A

    Easy access to do the course and good way to polish my skills.

  7. Phomthep S

    It was pretty straight forward

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  9. Dee-anne W

    Easy to navigate and very informative

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Course outline
  • Introduction to food hygiene
  • Identification of food hazards
  • Food safety risks
  • Controlling bacterial growth
  • Handling food safely
  • Preventing food contamination
  • Personal hygiene
  • Preventing cross contamination
  • Hygienic cleaning practices
Unit of competence covered
  • SITXFSA005 – Use hygienic practices for food safety

There is no need to rush, as you are provided with 8 weeks to complete your course.

Assessment process

Multiple choice questions

> Straightforward questions to demonstrate your knowledge

Scenario questions

> Apply what you have learnt to a simulated environment by answering a multiple choice quiz

Third Party Observation Report

> Easy to complete online form that allows a boss, supervisor or co-worker (recent past or present) with at least 18 months industry experience to confirm that you can do practical tasks in an operational food preparation environment.

Video Evidence

> Your Performance Evidence submission couldn’t be easier. You can submit your assessment by recording yourself completing several straight-forward examples of Food Safety in short, 2 minute smartphone videos, or setup a Zoom with one of our trainers to quickly demonstrate your skills live in less than 20 minutes!

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites, you can start immediately (although you must have access to a Commercial Kitchen).

Note on assessment: In order to be able to fully complete the assessment requirements for our online courses, you need to be currently working in a work environment that would allow you to demonstrate appropriate practical skills. One assessment activity is the requirement for a Workplace Observation to occur in an environment where you access the appropriate resources required for this unit. If you are currently not working, and seeking this type of certification in order to enter the workforce, our suggestion is that a face to face course would be more suitable for your situation.

Additional information
Language, Literacy and Numeracy Support

Whilst there are no training prerequisites, there are some requirements around language, literacy and numeracy. In order to complete the online courses that the Australian Institute of Accreditation provides on its website, you should be able to perform everyday tasks such as;

  • Using an instant messenger tool
  • Using email at work
  • Responding to customer complaints
  • Following a recipe
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Great introduction to food safety

To know how to handle food properly and prevent the spread of bacteria or transmission of disease, at the Australian Institute of Accreditation, we offer a quality food safety handling certificate course that can be accessed 24/7. Are you thinking of doing this course as a springboard to the next level course? The combined level course is simply an extension on the Level 1 material which you should definitely consider if you see yourself completing Level 2 sometime in the future. Did you know that you could save time and money if you completed both Level 1 + 2 Food Handling Certificate courses at the same time? Both units are in our Food Safety Supervisor course.

For system requirements required to complete this course, please see our ‘Terms and Conditions and forms’ section. Contact us any time to know more about our food handlers certificate program. Download our Food handlers certificate information document to take away and consider before enrolling in this course, and review our student handbook regarding our process for recognition of prior learning and what Language, Literacy and Numeracy Support we offer. You will have 8 weeks to complete this course. We have a short online food handlers certificate video too if you would like to have a look.