Food Safety Atlas

Food handler skills and certificates

Step 1 of 8

Work out what each person owes

What happens

Before the first shift, decide what the person will really do and what training that requires.

Good looks like

A bar hire who plates snacks and fills the fridge counts as a food handler, whatever the job title says.

How it goes wrong

A casual lands on the pass on their first night because the roster was short, and nobody asks.

Who
Technical

In Australia, anyone doing or supervising food handling needs skills and knowledge that fit their work. adds more for category one and two businesses handling unpackaged, , food. Work out your category first.

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