What You’ll Learn in This Personal Hygiene Training for Food Handlers
This training on personal hygiene for food handlers covers the essential practices every food worker must know to prevent contamination. You will explore the following learning objectives:
- What can make food unsafe?
- Food Contamination
- What is Personal Hygiene?
- Personal Hygiene or Value of Good Hygiene Practices
- What to Wear and What not to?
- Responsibilities of food handler.
- Handwashing or Correct Use of Gloves.
This training is completely self-paced, so you can begin at any time and set your own pace. Training duration is 30 days from signup/assigned date.
On purchase, or if a company enrolls you in a training, you will receive an email invitation to sign up on the portal. Upon login you can access assigned/purchased training from the “My Courses/Trainings” tab. You can access the training from any device with a live Internet connection.
For broader food safety policies, see our Why to be a Safe Food Handler course.
Online trainings provide unparalleled convenience and flexibility. You can take the training anytime and anywhere; on any device you own.
You can email your instructor directly at [email protected] or utilize the training discussion board.
Currently trainings are offered in English language only.
Training is in audio visual format. You need to watch all the videos.
Trainee must have basic understandings of English language. Trainee must have a computer/mobile/tablet along with stable internet connection to attempt the training. Trainee must be familiar with basic use of computer.
Conceptual understanding from video lectures will be examined by an exam (where applicable) (multiple choice, true/false etc). You need to watch all the videos to complete the course.
Soft copy of test results (if applicable) will be emailed right after test submission. You can always access your current and previous results from your portal using your credentials.
Course completion/qualification certificates will be awarded to qualifying trainees right after course completion or exam submission through email. Trainees can download and print it later from their respective portals.
Full refund before the course is attempted, No refund will be processed if a candidate has started a course.
Poor personal hygiene is a leading cause of food contamination and foodborne illness. This personal hygiene for food handlers course explains how food becomes unsafe and why good hygiene is your first line of defense.
Wet hands with warm water, apply soap, scrub for at least 20 seconds (including fingertips, under nails, and between fingers), rinse thoroughly, and dry with a single-use towel. This training covers handwashing in detail, as well as the correct use of gloves.
Food handlers must maintain personal cleanliness, wear proper attire (hairnets, clean uniforms), avoid touching ready-to-eat food with bare hands, and report illness to a supervisor. This training outlines all key responsibilities.
Employees must report symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, or a diagnosed foodborne illness to their supervisor. Food handlers should also avoid work with fever or infected wounds. For official guidance, see the FDA Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook.
- Basic Instructions
- Introduction - Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers
- Lesson Learned
- Review Quiz - Guided
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