SITXFSA101 - Use hygienic practices for food safety
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use personal hygiene practices to prevent contamination of food that might cause food-borne illnesses. It requires the ability to follow predetermined organisational procedures and to identify and control food hazards.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit. Evidence of the ability to:
• integrate the use of predetermined hygiene procedures and food safety practices within day-to-day food handling work functions
• integrate, into daily work activities, knowledge of the basic aspects of food safety standards and codes and the ramifications of disregarding this.
Assessments may include:
• practical assessment
• work projects
• demonstration
• written and verbal tasks.
Specific unit assessments are located in the learning and assessment plans within the College.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.