Staff Food Safety Training

1. Staff Food Safety Training Chapter Number 15 Class Name Instructor Name Date, Semester Book Title Book Author

2. 15.0 Learning ObjectivesAfter this presentation, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes Staff duties and specific training needs for each duty 15.1 Ways of training specific to staff and their duties 15.2 How to maintain food safety training records 15.3 How to ensure all staff are trained upon and after being hired 15.4

3. 15.0 KEY TERMS • Training need: Gap between what staff are required to know to do their jobs and what they actually know. There are several ways to identify food safety training needs, including observing job performance, testing food safety knowledge, and surveying staff to identify areas of weakness.

4. 15.1 Staff duties and specific needs for each duty TRAINING STAFF • To ensure staff can handle food correctly, first identify each training need within your operation. • A training need is a gap between what staff should know to do their jobs and what they actually know. • Identifying food safety training needs will require some effort. You can achieve this in several ways: • Observe performance on the job. • Test food safety knowledge. • Identify areas of weakness.

5. 15.1 Staff duties and specific training needs for each duty CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE • All staff should be trained in • the following critical areas:

6. 15.1 Staff duties and specific training needs for each day JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING • Staff must also be trained on the skills needed for their specific job. • This can be achieved by multiple methods as determined by the needs of your specific operation.

7. 15.2 Ways of training specific to staff and their duties WAYS OF TRAINING • On-the-Job Training (OJT) Learners perform tasks while the trainers tell them how they are doing. • Classroom Training An activity-based approach where people learn by doing ratherthan by just being told what to do. • Information Search • Guided Discussion • Role-Play • Demonstrations • Jigsaw Design • Training Videos and DVDs

8. 15.2 Ways of training specific to staff and their duties TELL/SHOW/PRACTICE MODEL OF LEARNING

9. 15.2 Ways of training specific to staff and their duties TECHNOLOGY-BASED TRAINING • Technology-based training lets you deliver training when and where your staff needs it. • Most appropriate in the following situations: • Staff work in different locations and/or need the same training atdifferent times. • When it is too costly to bring staff to the same place • Staff need retraining. • Staff have different levels of knowledge about a topic. • Staff have different learning skills. • Staff need to learn at their own pace. • You want to collect specific information, such as test scores, time spent on different topics, and/or problem areas.

10. 15.3 How to maintain food safety training records RECORD KEEPING • Keep records of all food safety training at your operation. • For legal reasons, be sure to document this training when a staff member completes it.

11. 15.4 How to ensure all staff are trained upon and after being hired Monitoring and Retraining • Once staff have been trained, they must be monitored to ensure that they are adequately following procedures. • Staff need to be periodically retrained in food safety. • You can do this by: • scheduling short training sessions • planning meetings to update them on new procedures • holding motivational sessions that reinforce food safety practices.