HLTFSE001 - Follow basic food safety practices

The course applies to individuals who work as a Food Handler Level 1 Food Safety Course, particularly for the health and community sectors. This course is designed for workers that prepare, provide and serve food to vulnerable people such as the elderly, children and babies, pregnant women, people with medication conditions, immune deficiencies and/or allergies primarily.

These staff often work in Early Childhood, Aged Care, Disability Support, Respite Care, Community and Home Care, Meals on Wheels, Maternity hospitals, Psychiatric hospitals, Same day establishments for chemotherapy and rental dialysis services and Hospital Catering. The legislation states:

“Food businesses that process or serve potentially hazardous food for hospital patients, aged care recipients, children in child care centres and vulnerable people receiving other services will generally fall within the requirements of this Standard, provided the food is intended for six or more vulnerable persons. This Standard also applies to delivered meals organisations that process potentially hazardous meals intended for six or more vulnerable persons.”

This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge of food safety and hygiene matters to prevent contamination of food that could result in a food-borne illness with specific modules on the childcare and aged care sectors. You will also learn about your obligations when working in a food safety role in accordance with legislation, regulations and workplace policies and procedures.

It is one of three units of competency that make up the food safety supervisor qualification in the Health & Community sector.

This unit of competency stands alone and incorporates the content of the following units:

• HLTFSE001 Follow basic food safety practices

Please note: If your role does not involve working with vulnerable people but you are required to complete a Food Handler or Food Safety Supervisor course, the following units may be more applicable to your needs:

• SITXFSA005 Use hygienic practices for food safety (Level 1 Food Safety Course)
• SITXFSA006 Practice in safe food handling practices