staff food safety training

2. Training Staff
A food safety training need:
 Gap between what staff needs to know
to do their job and what they actually
know
 Can be identified by:
o Observing performance on
the job
o Testing food safety knowledge
o Identifying areas of weakness
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3. Training Staff
Training and monitoring:
 Train staff to follow food safety procedures
 Provide initial and ongoing training
 Provide all staff with general food
safety knowledge
 Provide job specific food safety training
 Retrain staff regularly
 Monitor staff to make sure they are following
procedures
 Document training
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Critical Food Safety Knowledge
Staff members should receive
training in:
 Good personal hygiene
o How and when to wash hands
o Where to wash hands
o Other hand-care guidelines (fingernail
length, nail polish, covering wounds)
o Correct work attire
o Reporting illness

5. Critical Food Safety Knowledge
Staff members should receive training in:
 Controlling time and temperature
o TCS food
o How to measure the temperature of food
o Holding and storing TCS food
o How to label food for storage
o Temperature requirements when thawing,
cooking, cooling, and reheating food
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6. Critical Food Safety Knowledge
Staff members should receive
training in:
 Preventing cross-contamination
o Preventing cross-contamination of food
during storage, preparation, and service
o Preventing cross-contamination when
storing utensils and equipment
o What to do if cross-contamination
happens
o What to do for people who have food
allergies
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7. Critical Food Safety Knowledge
Staff members should receive
training in:
 Cleaning and sanitizing
o How and when to clean and sanitize
o The correct way to wash dishes in a
three-compartment sink and in a
dishwasher
o How to handle cleaning tools and
supplies
o Handling garbage
o Spotting pests
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8. Ways of Training
Methods for delivering training:
 On-the-job training
 Classroom training
o Information search
o Guided discussion
o Games
o Role-play
o Demonstrations
o Jigsaw design
o Training videos and DVDs
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9. Delivering Training
Methods for delivering training:
 Technology-based training
o Online training
Technology-based training is most
appropriate when:
 Staff work in different locations and/or
need the same training at different times
 It is too costly to bring staff to the same
place
 Staff need to learn at their own pace
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