Hygiene and Food Safety – Food Handler (online)

Presentation

Safe and recognized practices to protect your customers’ health

The Hygiene and Food Safety – Food Handler training course is an asset for any professional in the food and restaurant services industry.

This training course, which leads to a training certificate from the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ), will enable you to identify and prevent health risk situations associated with food preparation.

 This training course is intended for: 

• Kitchen staff
• Maîtres d’hôtel and waiters
• Housekeeping and dishwashing staff
• Anyone involved in food preparation and handling

Objectives

This training course will enable you to handle hot and cold foods safely. It will also teach you to be aware of your own responsibility regarding food contamination and to apply the standards in force.

Content:

• General food quality criteria related to the 5 Ms—which stand for: Machine (equipment); Medium (environment); Method (process); Material (raw materials); and Workforce
• The main types of microorganisms (useful, harmful, pathogenic)
• The link between food handling and consumer health
• Rules regarding food handling (personal hygiene, cross-contamination, etc.)
• Rules regarding food storing considering their origin (regulatory temperatures)
• Controlling hazardous situations
• Hygiene, cleaning and sanitation conditions
• Maintenance of the premises and equipment
• Chemicals
• Environmental contamination (door and window maintenance, garbage and vermin)
• The essential elements of quality control
• Writing and using technical data sheets and records

Conditions

• Online training, offered in English and French.
• Training available for 90 days after the start of the viewing.
• Registration must be made in the participant’s name if it is made by a third party.

Exam

• You may take the exam as soon as you have completed the online training course. 
• The exam takes place online, under video and audio supervision, on the date and at the time of your choosing. 
• If you pass the exam and the supervision record is in order, your result will be forwarded to the MAPAQ, who will then award your certification, which will be sent to you by regular mail within a few weeks of your result submission. 
• You have one year from the start of your training course to sit the exam. If you miss this deadline, you will have to retake the training course. 

Cost

$95 per person

Complement to the training course

Get the Hygiène et salubrité alimentaires textbook: a reference for all food services industry players.

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