2024 Nutrition Australia - Level 2 - Safe Food Handling for the Aged Care Sector (National)
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About this training
This session is level 2, the second in a series of food safety courses designed for aged care staff. This session builds on knowledge gained from level 1 by exploring more complex food safety concepts. It also takes an in-depth look at food experiences and important steps we can take to ensure these valuable learning experiences are safe for all.
This food safety training course meets the requirements of Standard 3.2.2A Food Safety Management Tools and covers all the necessary food safety requirements needed for food handlers under the new standard.
Topics include:
- Thermometer calibration
- Cooling food safely
- Food recall
- Food experiences with residents
- Washing hands
- Hair and jewellery
- Safe food handling practices
- Handling knives safely
- Keeping residents safe while cooking
- Washing fruit and vegetables
- Cleaning equipment and surfaces
- Real life scenarios
NAQ Nutrition (the Queensland division of Nutrition Australia) is a not for profit community based organisation, providing education and support for nutrition professionals and the community.
NAQ Nutrition offers an expert team of Accredited Practising Dietitians, Nutritionists and Health Promotion Professionals to ensure the very best in nutrition education and health promotion.
The Aged Care Nutrition Advisory Service offers a range of support services to aged care facilities covering nutrition and food safety, these include
- newsletters
- resources and posters
- fact sheets
- staff education
- menu assessments
- food safety supervisor training
For more information on the Aged Care Nutrition Advisory Service visit our website
NAQ Nutrition also has approved food safety auditors. So if you’re a licensed food business in Queensland, NAQ Nutrition’s experienced food safety auditors can assist with:
- Food safety program development
- Food safety program audits
- Onsite compliance audits
Please contact the food safety team at foodsafety@naqld.org or call 07 3257 4393 for more information.