Food Safety Supervisors and Food Handlers Skills - City of Monash

City of MonashPublic Health UnitWhat Businesses Need to Know About Food SafetySupervisors and Food Handlers Skills and KnowledgeVictorian Class 1 & 2 food business need to name someone to be theirFood Safety Supervisor (see last page for exceptions).A food safety supervisor is a person who:Has a certificate or statement of attainment which shows therequired competencies from a training provider that is a RegisteredTraining Organisation (RTO), andHas the ability to supervise food handling in the food premises, andHas the ability to supervise food handlers and give directions ifunsafe food practices are observed, andWill ensure that the food handlers know how to handle food safely.The Victorian Food Act 1984 requires that a food safety supervisor:Knows how to recognise, prevent and alleviate the hazardsassociated with the handling of food at, or from, that premises, andMeets an appropriate food safety competency standard for thebusiness type relevant to the premises, andHas the ability and the authority to supervise others handling foodat, or from, the premises and ensure that the handling of food isbeing done safely.What does this mean for my business?Every Class 1 & 2 food business that registers, transfers registration,or re-registers must tell the local council the name of its Food SafetySupervisor. That person can be the proprietor, an employee or a personexternal to the business, providing they are able to meet therequirements of a Food Safety Supervisor prescribed in the Food act1984.If you are opening a new business or your nominated Food SafetySupervisor suddenly leaves your business, contact council and negotiatea timeframe within which your business will appoint a Food SafetySupervisor who meets all the legal requirements.The minimum competency standards for the food safety supervisor arelisted in the following table:HLTH125

Food sectorFood ProcessingBusinesses such as manufacturersincluding flour mills, canneries,packers, bakers, and breweriesRetailBusinesses such as supermarkets,convenience stores, grocers, anddelicatessens.(Retail continue)Take away and fast food businessescan be considered either retail orhospitality food businesses.HealthBusinesses such as hospitals.There is a transition of trainingfrom the old health units to the newunits.Community ServicesBusinesses such as childcarecentres, nursing homes andhostels, Meals on WheelsHospitalityBusinesses such as restaurants,cafes and hotels.Take Away and fast food businessescan be considered either retail orhospitality food businesses.Transport and distributionBusinesses such as warehousesMinimum CompetencyStandardFDFCORFSY2A 'Implement theFood Safety Program andProcedures'SIRFSA001A‘Apply retail food safety practices’ORUse both units from theHospitality Sector.Previous course codesWRRLP6C 'Apply retail food safetypractices'HLTFS207B ‘Follow basic foodsafety practices’HLTFS310B ‘ Apply and monitorfood safety requirements’HLTFS309B ‘Oversee the day-todayimplementation of food safety inthe workplace’.Previous course codesHLTFS7A 'Follow basic food safetypractices'HLTFS10A 'Apply and monitor foodsafety requirements'HLTFS9A 'Oversee the day-to-dayimplementation of food safety in theworkplace'Use all three units from the healthsector aboveSITXOHS002A ‘Follow workplacehygiene procedures’SITXFSA001A ‘Implement foodsafety procedures’ORUse unit from the Retail SectorabovePrevious course codes:THHGHS01B 'Follow workplacehygiene procedures'THHBCC11B 'Implement foodsafety procedures'ORUse unit from the Retail Sector.Use relevant units from othersectorsLink to NTIS and listsof training providersNTIS - Training Packages(FDF03) Food ProcessingIndustryNTIS - Training Packages(WRR02) RetailNTIS - Training Packages(HLT02) HealthNTIS - Training Packages(HLT02) HealthNTIS - Training Packages(THH02) HospitalityUse relevant links fromother sectors.Jan 2010HLTH125

The table below gives details of nearby training organisations offering foodsafety supervisor training.Please note that the following list is correct on 25 June 2008. Please alsonote that this is not a list of all the Food Safety Supervisor trainingproviders available as there are many other providers throughout Victoria.For more information on other training providers, please visitwww.ntis.gov.auORGANISATIONCONTACTBox Hill Institute of TAFE 1300 363 430Chisholm Institute of TAFE 9212 5000Holmesglen Institute of TAFE 9564 1546Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE 9279 2526Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE Division) 9726 1500William Angliss Institute of TAFE 9606 2111AMES Consulting 9926 4699Hospitality Training Victoria(Offers training in the Hospitality Sector)Master Grocers Association of Victoria.(Offers training in the Retail Sector).9639 55519824 4111CAE 9652 0611Serve Safe 1300 139 641The Clean Food Training Company 1300 665 633Infocus Management Group 9855 2444Child & Family Care Network 8562 5100Hays International College Pty Ltd(offers courses in Mandarin)9898 7222Note: The exceptions for requiring a food safety supervisor are:food premises that use a Quality Assurance (QA) Food SafetyProgram prepared under a declared QA code, if the program includescompetency based or accredited training for its stafffood events of one to two days duration run by class 2 communitygroups where the majority of the workforce are volunteers.If you have any further queries regarding Food Safety Supervisors or FoodSafety Programs, please contact your area Environmental Health Officer on9518 3539 or 9518 3540.Jan 2010HLTH125