Do Food Safely

The Victorian Department of Health & Human Services Food Safety Unit has an excellent online learning resource (which was recently updated) called "DoFoodSafely".  This hour long food safety program is free to use and covers the basic concepts and principles of food safety with recently updated content including more allergen specific information.  It provides the underpinning knowledge of food safety that applies to  safe food handling. The program includes seven topics on food safety and an assessment comprising of 30 multiple choice questions (this may increase over time).  Participants who score more than 90 per cent in the assessment are awarded a certificate.  The certificate of completion will have the users name on it, along with a date and certificate number.  Participants will have to have an email address to receive the certificate.  Please keep certificate in a safe place as a duplicate certificate will not be made available.

Participants who complete the whole on-line course will be able to:

•  Define food handlers and their responsibilities with regard to the law;
•  Describe the ways in which food can become contaminated and potentially unsafe;
•  Describe the common causes as well as symptoms of food poisoning
•  Explain the dos and don’ts of maintaining good personal hygiene;
•  Handle food correctly at all stages of preparation;
•  Explain the dos and don’ts for accepting food deliveries, storing, displaying and   transporting food
•  Explain the dos and don’ts for cleaning the food preparation surfaces and equipment.

The link to the online food safety training is http://dofoodsafely.health.vic.gov.au/

Completion of this online training course and print out of the certificate are used as pre-reading and assessment of basic food safety knowledge in the Implement HACCP Food Safety Systems and Food Safety Supervisor training course.

Instructions:
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1. Access the link to the online training course http://dofoodsafely.health.vic.gov.au/
2. Complete the necessary online training program (est. time is one hour).  Updated content including more allergen specific information.
3. Complete the assessment (there are now 30 multiple choice questions, which may increase over time)
4. Complete Name and Email address (ensure spelling of name and email address are correct as a duplicate certificate cannot be issued)
5. A Certificate will be emailed to you with your name, the date you passed the test, certificate number and the score you achieved
6. Keep certificate in a safe place as a duplicate certificate cannot be issued.  
7. Submit a copy of the "Do Food Safely" Certificate to Correct Training Systems as part of your assessment

Full instructions for completing this assessment task can be found here.

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